Working with charts, graphs and tables

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Working with charts, graphs and tables provided by OpenLearn is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 15 hours worth of material. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from OpenLearn. The course is taught in Englishand is Free Certificate. Visit the course page at OpenLearn for detailed price information.

Overview
  • When you come across information represented in charts, graphs and tables, you'll need to know how to interpret this information. This free course, Working with charts, graphs and tables, will help...

Syllabus
    • Introduction
    • Learning outcomes
    • 1 Your worries and concerns with charts, graphs and tables
    • 1 Your worries and concerns with charts, graphs and tables
    • 2 Reflection on mathematics
    • 2 Reflection on mathematics
    • 2.1 Reflecting on your mathematical history
    • 3 Reading articles for mathematical information
    • 3 Reading articles for mathematical information
    • 4 Making sense of data
    • 4 Making sense of data
    • 4.1 Reading data from tables
    • 4.2 Interpreting percentages
    • 4.3 Pie charts, bar charts, histograms and line graphs
    • 4.3.1 Pie charts
    • 4.4 Bar charts
    • 4.5 Histograms
    • 4.6 Line graphs
    • 4.7 Proportion
    • 4.8 Mean, median and mode
    • 4.8.1 Mean
    • 4.8.2 Median
    • 4.8.3 Mode
    • 5 Interpreting graphs and charts
    • 5 Interpreting graphs and charts
    • 5.1 Difficulties in interpretation
    • Conclusion
    • 6 Technical glossary
    • 6 Technical glossary
    • 7 Further reading and sources of help
    • 7 Further reading and sources of help
    • Further reading
    • Sources of help
    • Local colleges and schools
    • Learning direct
    • Internet access
    • Acknowledgements