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Graphing : true vs. misleading graphs |
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Teacher Name: Mr. Whisler | | | |
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Student Name: ________________________________________ | |
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CATEGORY | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Neatness and Attractiveness | Exceptionally well designed, neat, and attractive. Colors that go well together are used to make the graph more readable. A ruler and graph paper (or graphing computer program) are used. | Neat and relatively attractive. A ruler and graph paper (or graphing computer program) are used to make the graph more readable. | Lines are neatly drawn but the graph appears quite plain. | Appears messy and "thrown together" in a hurry. Lines are visibly crooked. |
Type of Graph Chosen | Graph fits the data well and makes it easy to interpret. | Graph is adequate and does not distort the data, but interpretation of the data is somewhat difficult. | Graph distorts the data somewhat and interpretation of the data is somewhat difficult. | Graph seriously distorts the data making interpretation almost impossible. |
Labeling of X axis | The X axis has a clear, neat label that describes the units used for the independent variable (e.g, days, months, participants' names). | The X axis has a clear label that describes the units used for the independent variable. | The X axis has a label. | The X axis is not labeled. |
Labeling of Y axis | The Y axis has a clear, neat label that describes the units and the dependent variable (e.g, % of dogfood eaten; degree of satisfaction). | The Y axis has a clear label that describes the units and the dependent variable (e.g, % of dogfood eaten; degree of satisfaction). | The Y axis has a label. | The Y axis is not labeled. |
proper scale | The scale has equal spacing on X and Y axis. Data is fairly represented. | The scale has almost equal spacing on X and Y axis. Data is represented clearly. | The scale does not have equal spacing on X and Y axis. Data is presented from one point of view. | Graph is inaccurate due to scale not being spaced properly. Data presented from only one point of view. |
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Date Created: Jun 03, 2010 03:21 pm (UTC) | | |
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