Graphs are a common way of presenting information. However, like any other type of representation, graphs rely on shared understandings of symbols and styles to convey meaning. Also, graphs are normally...

All representations (including graphical ones) rely on shared understandings of symbols and styles to convey meaning. Like maps, graphical representations stress some features and ignore others. As you...

This Unit teaches on drawing and interpreting graphs. It has eight sections, each dealing between them with 4 different types of graph. You will need to draw some graphs, so make sure you have a flat surface...

The main aim of this section is to give you practice in reading, interpreting and drawing a variety of graphs created for many different purposes.You will need graph paper for this section.

The time-series plot is the most frequently used form of graphic design. With one dimension marching along to the regular rhythm of seconds, minute, hours, days, weeks, months, years, centuries, or millennia,...

Figure 4 shows a time-series graph of a woman’s temperature over her menstrual cycle, published in a pregnancy guide. Each point on the graph represents the temperature taken first thing in the...

So time-series graphs must be read with care. Adopt a questioning attitude when you are faced with a graph. Look carefully at the vertical axis to see just what the range of variation is, and at the horizontal...