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===Meaning=== | ===Meaning=== | ||
| − | A '''Bar Chart''' is a type of graph used to compare data. | + | A '''Bar Chart''' is a type of [[graph]] used to compare data. |
===About Bar Charts=== | ===About Bar Charts=== | ||
: '''Bar Charts''' are used when you are comparing two or more numbers in a category. | : '''Bar Charts''' are used when you are comparing two or more numbers in a category. | ||
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|A '''bar chart''' comparing the numbers of people with different eye colour in a class. | |A '''bar chart''' comparing the numbers of people with different eye colour in a class. | ||
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| + | ==Key Stage 3== | ||
| + | ===Meaning=== | ||
| + | A '''Bar Chart''' is a type of [[graph]] used to compare [[Categoric Variable|categoric variables]]. | ||
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| + | ===About Bar Charts=== | ||
| + | : '''Bar Charts''' are used when you are comparing two or more numbers in a [[Categoric Variable|category]]. | ||
| + | : The [[Categoric Variable|category]] is the [[Independent Variable|independent variable]] in an [[investigation]]. | ||
| + | : The [[Dependent Variable|dependent variable]] is a number in the [[Categoric Variable|category]]. | ||
| + | : The [[Categoric Variable|categoric variable]] goes on the [[x-axis]] of a '''bar chart'''. | ||
| + | : The number counted or [[measure]]d should go on the [[y-axis]] of the '''bar chart''' | ||
| + | : The bars in a '''bar chart''' should not be touching. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ==Key Stage 4== | ||
| + | ===Meaning=== | ||
| + | A '''Bar Chart''' is a type of [[graph]] used to compare [[Categoric Variable|categoric variables]]. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===About Bar Charts=== | ||
| + | : '''Bar Charts''' are used when you are comparing two or more numbers in a [[Categoric Variable|category]]. | ||
| + | : The [[Categoric Variable|category]] is the [[Independent Variable|independent variable]] in an [[investigation]]. | ||
| + | : The [[Dependent Variable|dependent variable]] is a number in the [[Categoric Variable|category]]. | ||
| + | : The [[Categoric Variable|categoric variable]] goes on the [[x-axis]] of a '''bar chart'''. | ||
| + | : The number counted or [[measure]]d should go on the [[y-axis]] of the '''bar chart''' | ||
| + | : The bars in a '''bar chart''' should not be touching. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===References=== | ||
| + | ====AQA==== | ||
| + | :[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0008158770/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=0008158770&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=ec31595e720e1529e49876c3866fff6e ''Bar chart, pages 40-1, GCSE Physics; Student Book, Collins, AQA ''] | ||
| + | :[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1782946403/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1782946403&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=32a0abb60dff015b15b50e9b1d7b4644 ''Bar charts, page 15, GCSE Combined Science Trilogy; Physics, CGP, AQA ''] | ||
| + | :[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1782945954/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1782945954&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=100574c08fbbb64318256eb79ed61a76 ''Bar charts, page 16, GCSE Biology, CGP, AQA ''] | ||
| + | :[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1782945962/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1782945962&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=476bb5c8d1dfb5c08ac81b6d4d1c98d8 ''Bar charts, page 16, GCSE Chemistry, CGP, AQA ''] | ||
| + | :[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1782946381/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1782946381&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=5ec5fc3f6429e30c1d9ab9bca2bccf93 ''Bar charts, page 16, GCSE Combined Science Trilogy; Biology, CGP, AQA ''] | ||
| + | :[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/178294639X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=178294639X&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=51599bb45a2bfaf7c1b6a978b2ca2616 ''Bar charts, page 16, GCSE Combined Science Trilogy; Chemistry, CGP, AQA ''] | ||
| + | :[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1782945970/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1782945970&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=a120d24dcc7cc7a58192069a3aafc1d2 ''Bar charts, page 16, GCSE Physics; The Complete 9-1 Course for AQA, CGP, AQA ''] | ||
| + | :[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0198359381/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=0198359381&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=47c8d1ae58d8b3a5e2094cd447154558 ''Bar charts, page 268, GCSE Chemistry; Third Edition, Oxford University Press, AQA ''] | ||
| + | :[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1782945563/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1782945563&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=9a1d023a374038e6072f33c4f3cf808b ''Bar charts, page 6, GCSE Biology; The Revision Guide, CGP, AQA ''] | ||
| + | :[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1782945598/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1782945598&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=ad276ad49df77ab4b40ab4fd0fe09707 ''Bar charts, page 6, GCSE Combined Science; The Revision Guide, CGP, AQA ''] | ||
| + | :[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1782945571/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1782945571&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=9e29fad914244909903e5e93f8a01d54 ''Bar charts, page 7, GCSE Chemistry; The Revision Guide, CGP, AQA ''] | ||
| + | :[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/019835939X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=019835939X&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=57e96876985fc39b1a3d8a3e3dc238b6 ''Bar charts, pages 260-261, 281, GCSE Physics; Third Edition, Oxford University Press, AQA ''] | ||
| + | :[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1471851362/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1471851362&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=7d78d70a2044ee9982dae010c94af92a ''Bar graphs, pages 56, GCSE Combined Science Trilogy 2, Hodder, AQA ''] | ||
| + | ====Edexcel==== | ||
| + | :[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1782948120/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1782948120&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=dedef775c6a43dbb0a609441525adac0 ''Bar charts, page 16, GCSE Biology, CGP, Edexcel ''] | ||
| + | :[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1782948147/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1782948147&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=f63dcd8345f4e49c717b39a228a36c7c ''Bar charts, page 16, GCSE Chemistry, CGP, Edexcel ''] | ||
| + | :[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1782948163/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1782948163&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=0fdbfd5dd397d6e24a9dfb250f08587f ''Bar charts, page 16, GCSE Physics, CGP, Edexcel ''] | ||
| + | :[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1782945741/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1782945741&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=30da4f2178da182547b62a7329d13b57 ''Bar charts, page 6, GCSE Combined Science; The Revision Guide, CGP, Edexcel ''] | ||
| + | :[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1782946748/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1782946748&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=a4f0348fc37d0ba1bb52d27f8679581f ''Bar charts, page 7, GCSE Biology; The Revision Guide, CGP, Edexcel ''] | ||
| + | :[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1782945725/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1782945725&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=694be7494de75af3349537d34e13f7f0 ''Bar charts, page 7, GCSE Chemistry; The Revision Guide, CGP, Edexcel ''] | ||
| + | :[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1782945733/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1782945733&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=2a2dbec9db6bf5766c0458d908fa0a52 ''Bar charts, page 7, GCSE Physics; The Revision Guide, CGP, Edexcel ''] | ||
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| + | ====OCR==== | ||
| + | :[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1782945695/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1782945695&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=ceafcc80bcad6b6754ee97a0c7ceea53 ''Bar charts, page 6, Gateway GCSE Combined Science; The Revision Guide, CGP, OCR ''] | ||
| + | :[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1782945687/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1782945687&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=9a598e52189317a20311d7a632747bc9 ''Bar charts, page 7, Gateway GCSE Physics; The Revision Guide, CGP, OCR ''] | ||
| + | :[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1782945679/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1782945679&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=a2db42f7b4bdf10cafaafa3bb9120940 ''Bar charts, page 7, GCSE Chemistry; The Revision Guide, CGP, OCR Gateway ''] | ||
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| + | :[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0198359837/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=0198359837&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=3c4229e8b023b2b60768e7ea2307cc6f ''Bar charts, pages 12, 282-283, Gateway GCSE Physics, Oxford, OCR ''] | ||
| + | :[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0198359829/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=0198359829&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=90e8d7b4f039d53035238fa0320fe00b ''Bar charts, pages 12, 297, Gateway GCSE Chemistry, Oxford, OCR ''] | ||
Latest revision as of 18:13, 30 November 2019
Contents
Key Stage 2
Meaning
A Bar Chart is a type of graph used to compare data.
About Bar Charts
- Bar Charts are used when you are comparing two or more numbers in a category.
- The category you choose should go on the bottom of the bar chart.
- What you count or measure should go up the side of the bar chart
- The bars in a bar chart should not be touching.
Examples
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| Results table for the bar chart. | A bar chart comparing the numbers of people with each shoe size in a class. |
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| Results table for the bar chart. | A bar chart comparing the numbers of people with different eye colour in a class. |
Key Stage 3
Meaning
A Bar Chart is a type of graph used to compare categoric variables.
About Bar Charts
- Bar Charts are used when you are comparing two or more numbers in a category.
- The category is the independent variable in an investigation.
- The dependent variable is a number in the category.
- The categoric variable goes on the x-axis of a bar chart.
- The number counted or measured should go on the y-axis of the bar chart
- The bars in a bar chart should not be touching.
Key Stage 4
Meaning
A Bar Chart is a type of graph used to compare categoric variables.
About Bar Charts
- Bar Charts are used when you are comparing two or more numbers in a category.
- The category is the independent variable in an investigation.
- The dependent variable is a number in the category.
- The categoric variable goes on the x-axis of a bar chart.
- The number counted or measured should go on the y-axis of the bar chart
- The bars in a bar chart should not be touching.
References
AQA
- Bar chart, pages 40-1, GCSE Physics; Student Book, Collins, AQA
- Bar charts, page 15, GCSE Combined Science Trilogy; Physics, CGP, AQA
- Bar charts, page 16, GCSE Biology, CGP, AQA
- Bar charts, page 16, GCSE Chemistry, CGP, AQA
- Bar charts, page 16, GCSE Combined Science Trilogy; Biology, CGP, AQA
- Bar charts, page 16, GCSE Combined Science Trilogy; Chemistry, CGP, AQA
- Bar charts, page 16, GCSE Physics; The Complete 9-1 Course for AQA, CGP, AQA
- Bar charts, page 268, GCSE Chemistry; Third Edition, Oxford University Press, AQA
- Bar charts, page 6, GCSE Biology; The Revision Guide, CGP, AQA
- Bar charts, page 6, GCSE Combined Science; The Revision Guide, CGP, AQA
- Bar charts, page 7, GCSE Chemistry; The Revision Guide, CGP, AQA
- Bar charts, pages 260-261, 281, GCSE Physics; Third Edition, Oxford University Press, AQA
- Bar graphs, pages 56, GCSE Combined Science Trilogy 2, Hodder, AQA
Edexcel
- Bar charts, page 16, GCSE Biology, CGP, Edexcel
- Bar charts, page 16, GCSE Chemistry, CGP, Edexcel
- Bar charts, page 16, GCSE Physics, CGP, Edexcel
- Bar charts, page 6, GCSE Combined Science; The Revision Guide, CGP, Edexcel
- Bar charts, page 7, GCSE Biology; The Revision Guide, CGP, Edexcel
- Bar charts, page 7, GCSE Chemistry; The Revision Guide, CGP, Edexcel
- Bar charts, page 7, GCSE Physics; The Revision Guide, CGP, Edexcel
OCR
- Bar charts, page 6, Gateway GCSE Combined Science; The Revision Guide, CGP, OCR
- Bar charts, page 7, Gateway GCSE Physics; The Revision Guide, CGP, OCR
- Bar charts, page 7, GCSE Chemistry; The Revision Guide, CGP, OCR Gateway
- Bar charts, pages 12, 282-283, Gateway GCSE Biology, Oxford, OCR
- Bar charts, pages 12, 282-283, Gateway GCSE Physics, Oxford, OCR
- Bar charts, pages 12, 297, Gateway GCSE Chemistry, Oxford, OCR