You will read the chapter and the notes to review/understand graphing.

Concepts to understand:

Why do we graph data?

Be able to read/create/understand these types of graphs: histograms, scatterplots, line graphs, bar graphs, and bubble graphs

Be able to recognize/interpret a nonlinear and a linear scatterplot

Be able to examine/interpret bar graphs with differing y-axes

Be able to read/interpret time series graphs. Look at trends over time. For graphs with 2+ lines, compare across the lines too.

What are the guidelines for creating good graphs?

 

Do the odd numbered problems and check your answers, for more practice.

Be able to perform and interpret any SPSS procedures that we do for this chapter.