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Students learn what bar graphs are used for, how to interpret the data presented, and how to organize their own data using bar graphs.

Audiences: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8

Primary Subjects: Statistics

Related Topics: bar graph, categorical, data, height, scale, statistics

Introduction and fine points of using bar graphs and histograms.

Audiences: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12

Primary Subjects: Statistics

Related Topics: bar graph, categorical, comparing, counting, data, graph, histogram, intervals, length, mean, numerical, scale, skewed distribution, standard deviation, statistics

This lesson allows students to learn what bar graphs are used for, how to interpret the data presented, and how to organize their own data using bar graphs.

Audiences: Grades 3-5

Primary Subjects: Statistics

Related Topics: bar graph, categorical, circles, counting, data, squares, statistics, triangle

Introduces statistical measures of center.

Audiences: Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12

Primary Subjects: Statistics

Related Topics: arithmetic, histogram, mean, measures of central tendency, median, mode, range, sets, statistics, sum

Enter data to create a bar graph, then change many settings for the graph's appearance.

Audiences: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12

Primary Subjects: Graphs, Statistics

Related Topics: bar graph, data plot, histogram, statistics

Sort colored shapes into a bar graph. Practice sorting by shape or by color. Appropriate for elementary grades. Bar Graph Sorter is one of the Interactivate assessment explorers.

Audiences: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8

Primary Subjects: Geometry, Graphs, Statistics

Related Topics: bar graph, circles, counting, sorter, squares, statistics

Enter your own data categories and the value of each category to create a pie chart. There are also built in data sets which can be viewed.

Audiences: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12

Primary Subjects: Fractions, Graphs, Statistics

Related Topics: angles, area, circle graph, circles, data plot, fractions, percentages, pie chart, proportion, statistics

View histograms for built-in or user-specified data. Experiment with how the size of the class intervals influences the appearance of the histogram. Parameters: Data sets, class sizes.

Audiences: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12, Undergraduate

Primary Subjects: Graphs, Statistics

Related Topics: counting, data plot, graph, histogram, intervals, mean, range, skewed distribution, slides, standard deviation

Enter data to create a double bar graph, then manipulate the graph's maximum and minimum values.

Audiences: Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12

Primary Subjects: Graphs, Statistics

Related Topics: bar graph, data plot, double bar graph

Create a pie chart, adjusting the size of the divisions using your mouse or by entering values. Parameters: Number of sections, size of sections, whether to use percents or fractions.

Audiences: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12

Primary Subjects: Graphs, Statistics

Related Topics: angles, area, circle graph, circles, fractions, percentages, percents, pie chart, proportion, statistics

PlopIt allows users to build dot plots of data using the mouse. View how the mean, median, and mode change as entries are added to the plot. Parameters: Range for observations.

Audiences: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12

Primary Subjects: Graphs, Statistics

Related Topics: bar graph, data plot, graph, histogram, mean, measures of central tendency, median, mode, range, statistics