a) Spreadsheets
b) Calculations
c) Charts
d) Graphs
- Spreadsheets: Spreadsheets themselves are the software tools that allow us to organize data, perform calculations, and create charts.
- Calculations: While calculations can be helpful in identifying trends, they don’t provide a visual representation of the data.
- Charts & Graphs: Both charts and graphs are visual representations of data in spreadsheets. Charts often include additional elements like legends and titles, making them particularly effective in highlighting patterns, trends, and relationships within the data.
By looking at a chart, we can easily see trends like increases, decreases, or correlations between different variables. This makes it much easier to identify patterns compared to just looking at raw numbers in a spreadsheet.