Biology A-Level
Matching graph type to data type
What Matching graph type to data type means in Biology A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Matching graph type to data type
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Reference: OCR
Continuous data suit a line graph or scattergraph with a continuous scale, while categoric or discrete data suit a bar chart.
Topics that use Matching graph type to data type
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