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1. In this presentation we fully examine two great
Free online Graph making applications.

2. http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/default.aspx

3. Step 1: Click to choose the Graph Type

4. For our example, we will
Shoe Length Nbr of People draw our “Shoe Length
21 cm 1
Survey” data as a
Bar Graph.
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25 cm 3
26 cm 2 In this survey, each
27 cm 8
student measured the
length of their shoe.
28 cm 5
29 cm 1 We then gathered
30 cm 1 together all the results
31 cm 1 into the frequency table
shown on the left.

5. For our example, we are
drawing the Shoe Length
data from our class as a
Bar Graph.
First we set up the design
for our bar chart graph on
the “Design” Tab.
We then work our way
down through the other
Tabs.
(Continued next Slide)

6. It is important to set the
“Grid Lines” to a number
which will enable us later
on to have a vertical scale
in ones, rather than in lots
of in between decimal
values on the y-axis.
For our nine items, the
closest grid lines available
in the drop down menu
is 11.

7. Next we use the “Data”
tab to enter the Graph
Title, and the text labels
for the horizontal x-axis,
and the vertical y-axis.
We then choose our
bars colour, and enter
in all of our data items.
(Continued next slide).

8. Note that the maximum
and minimum values we
have set are 0 and 10,
because we set eleven
grid lines back on the
Design screen tab.
0 to 10 is eleven values,
(count them on your
fingers), and this means
with eleven grid lines we
should get a vertical scale
for our completed graph
which goes in ones.

9. On the “Labels” tab we
have set "show labels" to
"No", which means there
will not be any numbers
place above individual
bars saying how high they
each are.
If you like having each bar
labeled at the top, with its
height value, then set this
"labels" option to "Yes".

10. We are now ready to check
how our completed Graph
will look, which we do by
clicking on the "Preview"
tab.
If we need to go back and
change anything, we simply
go click on the tab(s) where
we need to make changes.
We then click the bottom of
screen “Update” button, and
try the “Preview” tab again.

11. Our Final Step is to
Print or Save our
completed Graph.
We can even email our
finished graph to our
Instructor.
Click on “Download”
which takes us to the
screen shown on the
next slide.

12. There are several different
ways to save our graph,
which we access by clicking
the drop down menu button.
The size of our saved JPG
picture was 600x453 pixels
in size, and it was of very
good image quality.
After one save, we can also
re-save into another format
if we want to.

13. This is our completed and saved Bar Chart for the Shoe Length Survey.

14. http://www.chartgo.com/

15. We will now graph the “Shoe
Shoe Length Nbr of People Length Survey” results using
21 cm 1 the “Chart Go” site at :
24 cm 3
25 cm 3
http://www.chartgo.com/
26 cm 2 At this website, we receive an
27 cm 8 opening screen, where we can
28 cm 5 select our graph type and set
29 cm 1 up all of its data and labeling.
30 cm 1
31 cm 1 (See next slide for full details)

17. After we click the
“Create Chart” button
we get our graph.
If we click on “Modify
this Chart” we can go
back and redo items
on the data entry
opening screen.
If we right click with
our mouse on the
graph, we can do a
“Save As” and save a
picture of our graph.

18. This is our completed and saved Bar Chart for the Shoe Length Survey.

19. http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/default.aspx
We can also make Pie Charts
Car Colour Nbr of Cars and Line Graphs with the
Red 8 "Create a Graph" Application.
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Black 24
Here is the frequency table for
White 18 a Car Park Survey we carried
Blue 6 out recently.
(Graph on Next Slide)

20. We

21. http://www.chartgo.com
We can also make
Pie Charts and Line
Graphs with the
"Chart Go" free web
online application.
Here is the Car Park
pie chart as made in
“Chart Go”.

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