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    Andromidicus Posts: 3, Reputation: 1
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    Jul 26, 2012, 08:53 PM
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    How do I produce a pie graph, bar graph, and frequency polygon?

    Im so incredibly math illiterate >.< I have no idea how to create these things >.<
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    Wondergirl Posts: 39,354, Reputation: 5431
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    #2

    Jul 26, 2012, 09:00 PM
    Is this for homeschooling?

    What are you supposed to compare? What stats are you supposed to use?
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    Jul 26, 2012, 09:56 PM
    This is for my online university. This is my first time taking Statistics >.<

    The class is called :: PSY 325 Statistics for the Behavioral & Social Sciences.

    And this is the question straight from the class :: Chapter 2 in your text provides instructions on how to produce a pie graph, bar graph, and frequency polygon. For this post, group the 20 data points that you developed in your Week One discussion into 5 groups. The way that you group the data is up to you. Once you have established your groups, use Excel to graph the data as a pie graph, bar graph, and frequency polygon. Additionally, follow the directions in Chapter 2 for calculating skew and kurtosis in your data. Attach the graphs and results to your discussion post. In your opinion, which of these graphs was most useful in representing your data and why? What did the results tell you regarding the skew or kurtosis in your population? Did one of the graphs illustrate the skew or kurtosis better than the others?

    Im reading ch 2 right now, however, my biggest problem is that I have no clue how to do Excel :(
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    Jul 26, 2012, 10:22 PM
    Which online university?

    Have you ever had a stats class before?

    Have you finished reading the critical and extremely important Chapter 2?

    Did you develop 20 data points in your Week One discussion?

    If you don't know Excel, why are you taking this stats class?
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    Jul 26, 2012, 10:27 PM
    Well, the nice thing is that excel does pretty much all the calculations for you once you input the data.

    Try to follow your text's intructions, and where you get stuck, have a printscreen and we'll see how we can guide you to the proper way.
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    Jul 26, 2012, 10:54 PM
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    See that's the problem :( This is my first stats class >.< Is there any video that explains it step by step :O?

    NO Im still reading :( I never could imagine how difficult this was >.<


    See, I have no clue what data points are :(

    I have to take this class, otherwise I can't graduate >.< my next class after this is is research methods and then applied project and then I finally graduate. However, I can't move on now until I pass this statistics class >.< I was told to come here for tutoring xD
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    Jul 26, 2012, 11:01 PM
    Hmm, here's a really simple example:


    Just click on the button and the pie chart will appear.

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