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T ips for Reading Graphs Summary

As you read a graph, there are a few strategies you can Three common types of graphs are bar graphs, line
use to be sure you interpret it correctly. First, as you graphs, and pie graphs. To interpret a graph, you can
look at the data on the graph, check your understand- use your active reading skills to examine the intro-
ing. Ask, “Does this make sense?” Suppose the graph ductory text, title, legend, and axes. Once you’ve iden-
shows the U.S. population. If you read the 2002 U.S. tified the main idea of the graph, you’re ready to
population as 280 but you know that there are more interpret the data.
than 280 people in the United States, you’ll quickly
realize that you’ve misread the data. A graph is a sci-
entific way of showing data, so the graph should seem
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logical to the reader.
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