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A chart can be a graph
A graph can not be a table
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[mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Keith E Gatling
Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2008 6:39 AM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Chart vs Graph
Question for you math types.
I've been telling my students that the terms chart and graph are
interchangeable, based on the fact that in Excel you use the *Chart
Wizard*to make a pie, column, or line chart. However, one of my
colleagues in Science tells her students that you have to put your data
into a *chart*before you can create a
*graph* from it. I countered that what she's talking about is a *table*.
I then realized that what's going on here is something akin to the whole
deal with how the word *theory* is being used in the
creationist/evolution debates. There are two different usages of the
word, based on whether you're in science or not. The common,
non-scientific use of the word is an *unproven idea*. However, in
science that's the definition of a *hypothesis*, which, once proven,
becomes a *theory*. The confusion over the use of this one word in two
different disciplines is what's led to a raft of problems. When I
mentioned this to my colleague, she suggested that I find out what terms
*
math* people use, and so I'm asking you:
1. Do you use *chart* and *graph* interchangeably?
2. If you do, do you also use *chart* and *table* interchangeably?
3. Do you not use *table* at all, but use *chart* for where the data
goes and *graph* for the pictorial representation of the data?
Thanks.
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keg
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