Use the Animals Starter File to create the following visualizations in CODAP. First, fill in the blanks and check all boxes that apply. Next, predict and sketch what the display will look like. Then, create the visualization in CODAP.

1 A bar chart showing the species of animals from the shelter.

Column / Attribute Type of Data Configuration

[column used as x-axis] [column used as y-axis]

  • ❏ Numeric

  • ❏ Categorical

  • ❏ Points

  • ❏ Fuse dots into bars

  • ❏ Bar for each point

  • ❏ Group into bins

  • ❏ No need to make a selection
Sketch the chart below: What do you think the visualization tells us?

2 A scatter-plot, using the animals name as the labels, age as the x-axis, and pounds as the y-axis, for all the animals from the shelter. Note: The Measure menu has lots of options! On this page, we’ve included the two options that create new visualizations.

Column / Attribute Type of Data Measure

[column used as x-axis] [column used as y-axis] [(optional) column used for labels]

  • ❏ Numeric

  • ❏ Categorical

  • ❏ Box plot

  • ❏ Least squares line

  • ❏ No need to make a selection
Sketch the chart below: What do you think the data visualization tells us?

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