Question

How to describe charts tables and graphs?

Answer 1

In many subject areas you may need to refer to numbers, statistics and other data during the course of your studies. This is likely to be data collected by other people which you will use to support your written work, but it may be data that you have collected yourself as part of your studies. Data is generally presented in the form of tables, charts and graphs, which makes it easier for readers to understand. However, it is often necessary to reproduce and refer to this type of information in words, as part of a report or written assignment. If you include a graph, chart or table in your writing, you must explain very clearly what the data in it means, and why it is relevant to your report or assignment.

In the following activities you will consider how data should be presented within your writing, and you will examine and practise the language used to describe and refer to data in a graph. Much of the vocabulary is similar, whether you are referring to a graph, table or chart.

Answer 2

The terms in above question are described as follow:--

Table: When the data is represented in the form of rows and columns such that it is available for easy understanding of a person reading it, that form is called table.

All graphs are types of charts but not all charts are type of graphs.

Charts: A Chart is a type of representation of large sets of data which makes the user understands the same in a better manner and by using the same helps in the prediction of existing data and forecast future data based on the present data pattern.  A Chart can take the form of a diagram or a picture or a graph. Data sets can be transformed into a meaningful display of information using Charts.

Graphs: Graphs focus on raw data and depict the trend overtime related to such data. A Graph is basically two dimensional and shows the relationship between the data through a line, curve, etc. It is a mathematical diagram that shows the relationship between two or more sets of numbers or measurements