Graph Type

Image

Data

Method

Scatter graph
Distance
(miles)

Time taken
5
(mins)

11 6

14 9

10

1 18

14 10 13 8

18

4 25

Plot pairs of values, one on the x

axis and one on the y axis
Draw a line of best fit
Describe the type of correlation
the graph shows. If the line of
best fit goes up it is positive, if it
goes down it is negative
Plot at the midpoints of the class
intervals

Frequency
Polygon

Exam Score

Exam Score
18-22
23-27
28-32
33-37
38-42

Frequency
6
14
16
11
3

Median
Upper Quartile
Box and Whisker

Frequency goes on the y axis

Join the points with a ruler

40
60

Lower Quartile

20

Lowest age

10

Highest age

90

Draw the median, lower quartile

and upper quartile as vertical
lines and join top and bottom to
make a box
Draw shorter, vertical lines for
the lowest value and the
highest value (the whiskers) and
join these to the box with a
horizontal line

Cumulative
Frequency

Marks

Frequency of pupils

11-20
21-30
31-40
41-50
51-60
61-70
71-80
81-90

2
11
19
36
42
31
13
6

Cumulative
Frequency
2
13
32
68
110
141
154
160

Draw another column on the table

Calculate the cumulative
frequency (running total) in this
column
Plot the cumulative frequency
on the y axis.
Plot from the top of each class
interval on the x axis
Draw a line to join the plotted
points together
Draw two more columns on the
table, one for the class width
and one for frequency density

Histogram

Class Frequency
Length (cm) Frequency
Width Density
10
2
20
0 x < 10
10 x < 15
13
5
2.6
15 x < 20
15
5
3
20 x < 25
14
5
2.8
25 x < 30
17
5
3.4
30 x < 45
21
15
1.4

Find the class widths this is the

distance from the start of one
class to the beginning of the next
class
Divide the frequency by the
class width to calculate the
frequency density
Draw the bars with frequency
density on the y axis
Remember bars can be different
widths and you find the width by
using the data in the first
column. The first bar in this
example would start at 0 and
finish at 10. The next bar would
start at 10 and finish at 15