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This book is a must-have for anyone needing to understand large or small amounts of data. It describes how to build and interpret graphs, showing how “understanding data” means that the graph must clearly and succinctly answer questions about the data. In most chapters, research questions are presented, and the reader builds the appropriate graph needed to answer the questions.
It's easy to read, and provides plenty of examples and practice so students can get the concepts. —David Nalbone, Purdue University
It presents a comprehensive list of graphs available in SPSS, with details about how to construct and interpret them. —Thomas Short, John Carroll University
The comprehensive treatment of an important topic, including “walk-throughs” of how to produce a graph of each type, is well done. The chapter on deception brings in coverage of a useful and important topic as well. —Christopher Lawrence, Virginia Tech University
Simple Bar Graph
Simple Bar Graph
PURPOSE OF GRAPHS YOU ARE ABOUT TO BUILD
- To describe the number of observations in each category of the discrete variable
- To visualize estimated error for discrete variables
2.1 Introduction to the Simple Bar Graph
In the first chapter, we presented an overview about how and why graphs might be used when attempting to understand large amounts of data. We discussed decisions ...
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