Showing the Results of a Survey

So you have just Conducted a Survey and want to
show your results in the best possible way?
Here are some suggestions:

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

A table is a very simple way to show others 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

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

Example: you 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 you may like to use:

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

Line Graph Example

Bar Graph – shows relative sizes of different results:

Favorite Colors of My Class

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

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

If people have given their opinions or comments in the survey, you 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:

Report

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