Geography A-Level
Pie charts
What Pie charts means in Geography A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Pie charts
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Reference: AQA
Display categorical data as slices of a circle, where each angle is proportional to the category's percentage of the total.
Topics that use Pie charts
- Graphical skills (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Comparative line graphs
- Compound line graphs
- Correlation
- Dispersion diagrams
- Divergent line graphs
- Line of best fit
- Median
- Outliers
Using Pie charts in the exam
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