Methods Of Communicating Information
Overview
Numbers and processes are hard to grasp as raw lists, but easy to read as a picture. A column of survey results means little until it becomes a bar chart; a market share is abstract until it becomes a slice of a pie; a manufacturing sequence is a paragraph of dense text until it becomes a flowchart with clear boxes and arrows. For the graphic products designer, charts and flowcharts are everyday tools for turning data and procedures into instant, honest communication.
This note teaches the chart family the syllabus requires: histograms, pie charts, bar charts and line graphs, including when each is the right choice and how to construct and label it accurately. It then covers flowcharts for describing processes, operations and assemblies, with the standard symbols and the logic of branching decisions. Throughout, the emphasis is on choosing the form that represents the data truthfully and drawing it so a reader can extract the information at a glance.
Objectives
- draw and interpret histograms, pie charts, bar charts and graphs from data provided, to represent numerical data and distributions
- draw flowcharts to describe processes, operations or assemblies.
Lesson Note
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Lesson Evaluation
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- Which chart is most appropriate for showing how a single total budget divides into four spending categories? A. Line graph B. Histogram C. Pie chart D. Scatter graph Answer: C
- What is the main visual difference between a bar chart and a histogram? A. A histogram is always taller B. A bar chart's bars touch; a histogram's bars have gaps C. A bar chart's bars have gaps; a histogram's bars touch D. A histogram cannot be drawn to scale Answer: C
- In a pie chart, a category accounts for 25 out of 100 responses. What angle should its slice be? A. 25 degrees B. 72 degrees C. 90 degrees D. 100 degrees Answer: C
- Which flowchart symbol represents a yes/no question that branches the flow? A. Rectangle B. Rounded box C. Diamond D. Parallelogram Answer: C
- A bar chart's vertical axis starts at 80 rather than 0. What is the likely effect? A. It makes the chart easier to read B. It exaggerates small differences between the bars C. It has no effect on the impression given D. It converts the bar chart into a histogram Answer: B
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