As a class, choose a variable you wish to study that helps you describe your class. Choose from those variables you listed before. Collect the data and organize it in a class data table.

Use Centimeter Graph Paper to graph the data. Be sure to title your graph and label the axes.

    1. What variable is on the horizontal axis of your graph?
    2. What are the values for that variable listed on your graph?
  1. What variable is on the vertical axis of your graph?
    1. Which bar is the tallest on your graph?
    2. What does the tallest bar tell you?
    1. Which bar is the shortest on your graph?
    2. What does the shortest bar tell you?
  2. What else does your graph tell you about your class?
    1. Look back at Room 204's graph. Which variable did they graph on the horizontal axis?
    2. What are the values for that variable shown on the graph?
    3. Which variable did they graph on the vertical axis?
  3. What does the tallest bar on their graph tell you?
  4. How many more students prefer to read than play games?