Data can be presented in many ways that make it quicker and easier to read. In this section we will look at some of these ways. It is important to choose the best way to present data. A line graph can ...

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Scientists construct and interpret figures regularly, but this is a skill that is often difficult for students to master. TIEE puts great emphasis on making and analyzing figures because this ability ...

Microsoft Excel is designed to organize and interpret small and large amounts of data. Building a curved graph in Excel based on X and Y data points is fairly simple. You begin by adding the data ...

A new study suggests that the format in which graphs are presented may be biasing people into being too optimistic or pessimistic about the trends the graphs display. Academics found that when people ...

The content of courses and the methods by which students learn are crucial in teaching the life sciences (NRC 1999, NRC 2003). Skills in data analysis and graph interpretation are particularly ...

If you understand the definition of a mathematical function, a good way to judge it is that any line drawn parallel to the y-axis intersects with the values in the function’s curve only once. The same ...

Graph-related practices are central to scientific endeavors, and graphing has long been hailed as one of the core "general process skills" that set scientists apart. We use two case studies from a ...