BUSINESS DATA

GRAPHS AND TABLES

Lesson Objectives
At the end of this lesson, the students should be able to:
1. explain the importance of business data;
2. prepare a simple frequency distribution table;
3. prepare a relative frequency distribution table;
4. prepare a grouped frequency distribution table;
5. compute for range and interval;
6. construct a frequency polygon;
7. prepare a histogram; and
8. interpret the data contained in the tables/histogram.
Lesson Objectives
At the end of this lesson, the students should be able to:
1. identify the essential parts of a table;
2. draw a table to present data;
3. describe the essential parts of a graph;
4. describe the different kinds of graphs for data
presentation;
5. give a set of business data and identify the graph or chart
to be used; and
6. draw the graph or chart for a given set of business data.
 Frequency Distribution
Consider this data set showing the retirement age of 12 people,
in whole years: 55, 56, 57, 57, 58, 58, 60, 60, 62, 65, 65, 65
Age (X) Tally Freq (f)
55 | 1
56 | 1
57 || 2
58 || 2
60 || 2
62 | 1
65 ||| 3
Total 12
 Frequency Distribution
• 70 70 77 70 77 79 79 73 73 87 79 80 72 83 89 78 91 81 88 84
71 72 71 78 78 94 81 81 79 80 72 83 89 78 91 81 88 84 83 72
80 72 83 89 78 91 81 88 84 83 70 81 75 76 90 80 94 94 73 88
Score Freq
1. Determine the range 70-74 13
Range 75-79 13
2. Decide the size of interval 80-84 19
85-89 8
27 ÷ 10 = 2.7 or 3 too small
90-94 7
27 ÷ 5 = 5.4 or 5
Total 60
Relative Frequency Distribution

Score Freq Percent

70-74 13 21.67%
75-79 13 21.67%
80-84 19 31.67%
85-89 8 13.33%
90-94 7 11.67%
Total 60 100%
Frequency Polygon / Line Graph

Making a frequency polygon

1. Plot the scores on the x-axis
2. Plot the frequency (or percent)
on the y-axis
3. Connect the points plotted by a
straight line
Frequency Polygon / Line Graph

Comparing graphs

Score Freq
70-74 12
75-79 11
80-84 15
85-89 9
90-94 8
Total 55
 Histogram

Age Freq
65 3
62 1
60 2
58 2
57 2
56 1
55 1
Total 12
 Types of Charts / Graphs

Line chart/graph
shows information that is connected

Weeks of the Month 1 2 3 4

Number of Topics Learned 2 5 8 10
 Types of Charts / Graphs

Bar chart/graph
shows data in terms of rectangles

Movie Genre Number of Teenagers

Comedy 8
Action 10
Romance 12
Drama 2
Sci-fi 8
 Types of Charts / Graphs
Pie chart/circle graph
used to compare parts of the whole
 Parts of a Table
1. The Title
2. The Box Head
(column captions)
3. The Stub
(row captions)
4. The Body
5. Prefatory Notes
6. Footnotes
7. Source Notes
 Parts of a Chart / Graph

Line Graph
1. Title
2. Label
3. Scale
4. Points
5. Line
 Parts of a Chart / Graph

Circle Graph
1. Title
2. Key
3. Circle
 Parts of a Chart / Graph

Histogram
1. Title
2. Scale
3. Labels
4. Bar
Exercises
1. Given the following data make a relative frequency
distribution table, frequency polygon, and histogram.
77 75 76 74 73 76 71 77 70 72 75 75 73 73 71 73
2. Given the data, construct a pie chart with proper label.
Favorite Subject Students
Math 10
Science 9
English 10
Filipino 2
 4.5
4
Freq Percent 3.5
3
70 1 6.26%

Frequency
2.5
71 2 12.5%
2
72 1 6.26% 1.5
73 4 25% 1
74 1 6.26% 0.5
75 3 18.75% 0
70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77
76 2 12.5% 5
77 2 12.5% 4
Total 16 100% 3
2
1
0
 Favorite Subjects

6.45% Math
32.26% Science
32.26% English
Filipino

29.03%