Suppose you are testing different soils to determine which grows healthier bean plants. You count and record the number of leaves on each test every three days for six weeks. What type of graph would be best to display your data?

bar graph

line graph (This one?)

circle graph

scatter plot

Question

Suppose you are testing different soils to determine which grows healthier bean plants. You count and record the number of leaves on each test every three days for six weeks. What type of graph would be best to display your data?

 bar graph

 line graph (This one?)

 circle graph

 scatter plot

kropot72 · Answer

A bar graph would display any differences between the performance of the soils very clearly. A different color can be used for each soil and the three bars placed side by side for each of the 14 groups of measurements.