Working with charts, graphs and tables
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Contents

  • Introduction
  • Learning outcomes
  • 1 Your worries and concerns with charts, graphs and tables
  • 2 Reflection on mathematics
    • 2.1 Reflecting on your mathematical history
  • 3 Reading articles for mathematical information
  • 4 Making sense of data
    • 4.1 Reading data from tables
    • 4.2 Interpreting percentages
    • 4.3 Pie charts, bar charts, histograms and line graphs
      • 4.3.1 Pie charts
    • 4.4 Bar charts
    • 4.5 Histograms
    • 4.6 Line graphs
    • 4.7 Proportion
    • 4.8 Mean, median and mode
      • 4.8.1 Mean
      • 4.8.2 Median
      • 4.8.3 Mode
  • 5 Interpreting graphs and charts
    • 5.1 Difficulties in interpretation
    • Conclusion
  • 6 Technical glossary
  • 7 Further reading and sources of help
    • Further reading
    • Sources of help
      • Local colleges and schools
      • Learning direct
      • Internet access
  • Keep on learning
  • Acknowledgements

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