Showing the Results of a Survey

When we have Conducted a Survey and want to show our results
clearly and engagingly we have lots of choices:

Tables

Sometimes, we can simply report the information in a table.

A table is a very simple way to show the results. A table should have a title, so those looking at it understand what it shows:

Yellow	Red	Blue	Green	Pink
**Table: The Favorite Colors of My Class**
4	5	6	1	4

We can also summarize the results using statistics such as Mean, Median, Mode, Standard Deviation and Quartiles

Example: we have lots of information about how long it takes people to get to school but it may be simpler just to present a summary such as:

Shortest Journey: 3 minutes
Average Journey: 22 minutes
Longest Journey: 58 minutes

But nothing makes a report look better than a nice graph or chart.

There are many different types of graphs.
Here are some choices:

Bar Graph – shows relative sizes of different results:

Favorite Colors of My Class

Line Graph - shows information that is somehow connected (such as change over time):

Line Graph Example

Pie Chart - shows sizes as part of a whole (good for showing percentages):

Dot Plot - shows data using dots:

dot plot with stacks of dots

We can create graphs like those using Data Graphs (Bar, Line, Pie and Dot).

If people have given their opinions or comments in the survey, we can present the more interesting ones:

Example: In response to the question "How can we best clean up the river?" we received these interesting replies:

Put it all together into a report, with a nice introduction, and conclusions at the end, and we are done!