Data Viz for Kids - The Bar Chart

Data Viz for Kids offers resources to teach kids data and data visualization. In this presentation we talk about the bar chart - what it is and how to use it.

1. The Bar Chart
CHART TYPES
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2. A bar chart or bar
graph presents data
(our facts or numbers)
with rectangular bars .
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Bars heights (or
lengths) are
equal to the
values that they
represent.

4. Bar charts can be
designed vertically or
horizontally.
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5. Bar charts can be
designed vertically or
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6. A vertical bar chart is
sometimes called a
column chart .
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7. DATA VIZ FOR
KIDS
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