Decoding data
By: Rebecca L. Johnson.
Contributors: National Geographic Society (U.S.)
Series: Math behind the science
Publisher: National Geographic
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 24
Subjects: Mathematics -- Juvenile literature.; Mathematics -- Graphic methods -- Juvenile literature.; Mathematics.; Graphic methods.
Genres: Juvenile literature.
Description: Introduces how scientists use tables, graphs and other math tools to make comparisons and draw conclusions, identifies different types of graphs, and discusses which kind of graph is best used to display a certain type of data.
Notes: Grades 3-8.
Includes bibliographic references (p. 22) and index.
"Tables, graphs"--Cover.
"National Geographic reading expeditions"--Cover.
Table of contents: title: Math to the rescue; title: Cold facts; title: Discoveries of the deep; title: Stored secrets; title: Math mentor: graph it!; title: Math notebook; title: Glossary.