Graphing Crime (Real World Data) - Softcover

Somervill, Barbara A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1432926322 ISBN 13: 9781432926328

Publisher: Heinemann, 2010

Synopsis

What is INTERPOL? Which country has the largest number of prisoners? Which crime involves printing and using fake money? Real World Data presents information about familiar curricular topics through charts and graphs. Each title shows how to organize data in different visual forms, and how to interpret and create tables, line graphs, bar graphs, and pie charts.

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About the Author

Barbara A. Somervill has been writing for more than 30 years. She has written newspaper and magazine articles, video scripts, and books for children. She enjoys writing about history, science, and investigating people's lives for biographies. Ms. Somervill lives with her husband in South Carolina.

From Booklist

Part of the Real World Data series, these three titles take gripping news from today’s headlines and use that information to demonstrate hands-on how to read and create many kinds of charts, graphs, and tables: what they show, how they work, and also how they can mislead. Graphing Crime discusses juvenile offenders, drug money, terrorism, and more, and teaches readers how to evaluate statistics in the various charts, such as the difference between crimes committed and crimes reported, or between total numbers and rate per population. The series’ constant use of bold type for the words in the glossary is intrusive, but the clear design, with lots of full-color photos and sidebars, will encourage browsers as much as the up-to-date examples and the clear directions for remaining “chart smart.” Grades 4-8. --Hazel Rochman

Edition details

• Publisher: Heinemann
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1432926322
• ISBN 13: 9781432926328
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 32