5. Choosing a Data Display
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Each month can be seen as a specific category.
Example Answer:
Consider the given data set.
| Average Precipitation (Inches) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1.1 | July | 4.0 |
| February | 1.5 | August | 4.4 |
| March | 2.2 | September | 4.2 |
| April | 3.7 | October | 3.5 |
| May | 5.1 | November | 2.1 |
| June | 5.5 | December | 1.8 |
From the data, we can see that each month can be seen as a specific category. Therefore, a different way to display the data is with a bar graph. Let's do it!