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Graphing the Right Way

Learn how to effectively analyze and interpret graphs using the TASTE method. Understand how to add a title, labels, scales, and identify trends and predictions. Improve your graphing skills in science and make accurate conclusions.

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Graphing the Right Way

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  1. Graphing the Right Way The TASTE Method

  2. Let’s Take a Look at a Graph. • We might need some more information here!

  3. Let’s Add the Key (Legend)! • What does this tell us? • Can we make any conclusions?

  4. Maybe a Title Will Help… • Not really specific… • Do we know any more than we did before?

  5. Now Let’s Add Some Scales! • What do you notice about the DIFFERENCES between the numbers? • What do you notice about the SPACES between the numbers? • Can we make any conclusions yet?

  6. What Do Those Numbers Mean? • Y-axis is… • X-axis is… • NOW we can make some conclusions!

  7. The TASTE Method of Graphing • T = Title • A = Axes • S = Scale • T = Trends • E = Explain/Predict

  8. Title • In science, we name a graph by the y-axis vs. the x-axis • What would the title of this graph be?

  9. Axes • The y-axis and x-axis need to be labeled with… • What they are measuring • Units in parentheses

  10. Scale • The number scales on the axes need to… • Start with zero unless you are told otherwise • Have equal intervals between the numbers • By 2’s, 5’s or 10’s is a good place to start • Have equal spaces between the numbers

  11. Some other things to remember • Time • Is ALWAYS on the x-axis! • Time is the measurement; days, hours, or minutes are the units! • Line Graphs—used to show changes over time or changes in related items • There needs to be a line • CONNECT THE DOTS! • Next year you will do a “line of best fit” • Bar Graphs—used when there are separate categories to be compared

  12. Trends • A trend is a general statement about what is happening in the graph. • As vehicles get older, what happens to the number of problems?

  13. Explain/Predict • Make specific conclusions about the graph • Which make of car has the most problems? The fewest? • What will likely be the number of problems with Hyundais after 10 years?

  14. Put it all together… • T = Title • A = Axes • S = Scale • T = Trends • E = Explain/Predict • You will have all of the necessary tools to make and analyze a graph!

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