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Record 1 2016-03-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Statistical Graphs and Diagrams
CONT

A chart that consists of lines or broken lines (also called curves) for representing data is referred to as a line chart. To construct a line chart, first plot the data by points according to the scales on the two reference lines. Then connect the points by straight lines. The scales used on the two reference lines are usually quantitative and are continuously labeled. ... Line charts are used mostly to show data classified by quantity or time.

OBS

Line graphs are often uniquely applicable to problems of analysis, particularly when it is essential to visualize a trend, observe the behavior of a set of variable through time, or portray the same variables in differing time periods.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Diagrammes et graphiques (Statistique)
DEF

Ensemble de points (visibles ou non) sur une grille X-Y, généralement reliés par un segment de droite (ligne qui va d'un point à un autre).

Spanish

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Record 2 2008-11-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Statistical Graphs and Diagrams
CONT

The frequency polygon is drawn by plotting a point on the graph at the intersection of the midpoint of the interval and the height of the frequency. When the points are plotted, the dots are connected with lines, resulting in a frequency polygon.

OBS

In French, the term "fréquence" always refers to relative values. In English, the term frequency refers to absolute values unless otherwise specified or made clear by a context. The term frequency polygon, therefore, usually involves absolute values while the polygon involving relative values is called relative frequency polygon or percentage polygon.

OBS

A smoothed frequency polygon becomes a frequency curve.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Diagrammes et graphiques (Statistique)
CONT

En joignant par des segments de droite les milieux des côtés supérieurs des rectangles constituant l'histogramme (ces milieux ont pour abscisses les valeurs centrales des classes et pour ordonnées les effectifs correspondants) on obtient le polygone statistique.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Diagramas y gráficos estadísticos
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