Process+charts+and+graphs

=**The Process**=

**Part 1** First, visit the following three world wide web pages to learn some of the basics about graphs. Answer the first ten questions on the corresponding worksheet as you read these pages. Click t o bring up a copy of the worksheet in Internet Explorer. Use the links at the bottom of that page to return to this page when finished with each section.
 * [|Advantages, Disadvantages, and Purposes to Using Charts and Graphs.]
 * [|Types of Charts and Graphs.]
 * [|Choosing the Right Graph.]

**Part 2:** For part 2, link to the sites listed below and use them to answer the rest of the questions on the worksheet. **Part 3:** You will need to have Internet Explorer ® //and// a spreadsheet application that can do graphs like Microsoft Excel or [|Create-A-Graph] open at the same time to effectively work on this part of the assignment. You will go between the two programs frequently. For this part, you will choose from the following set of links to gather numeric data to use to create graphs of your own. After finding a sight that has the kind of data you believe will make a good graph, type it into the spreadsheet and have it draw your graph. Make one each of the following types of graphs. Be sure to label your graphs and include the site you used to find the information.
 * See a Line Graph and answer questions 11 through 15.
 * See a bar graph and answer questions 16 through 20.
 * See a circle graph and answer questions 21 through 25.

You will be responsible for the creation of a line graph, a bar graph, and a circle graph. Use the websites below to gather data for your graphs.

When you have completed each graph, copy and paste each into a Microsoft powerpoint slide show. Remember to save the slideshow as a 97-2003 presentation and name it as your name.

Please email both the word document and powerpoint presentation to metzgarscience@yahoo.com as two attachements in the same email.

 Possible source sites:  [|U.S. Government Bond Interest Rates.] [|Major League Batting Statistics.] [|Vote Totals From Presidential Elections.] [|Macintosh RAM Prices.] [| This Week's Most Watched Television Shows.] [| State Poulation Figures.]

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