Beyond the Bars and Lines:

Building a visual vocabulary for bar graphs.

A workshop by Dr. Aaron Reedy of DataClassroom

Recording of the main presentation.

Thank you so much for registering for Beyond the Bars and Lines: Building a visual vocabulary for graphing.

We had a great live session on May 12, 2026 from 4:15pm - 5:00pm ET. Whether or not you were in attendance we want you to have access to the workshop.

Materials

  1. Presentation Slides are here.

  2. Here are links to the datasets which were used as examples:

    Cicada Sex Education - Histogram

    Catch of the Data - Frequency Bar Graph

    Deadly Spill - Stacked Bar Graph

    Lency’s Scrucnchies - Stacked and Grouped Bar Graph

    Plinko 2.0 - Stacked and Grouped as Proportion

    Life on the Edge - Mean Bar Graph

    A cure for COVID? - Grouped Frequency Bar Graph

    Does Thanksgiving Dinner get more expensive every year? - Time Series Bar Graph

Questions

1. Is a site license required to use DataClassroom?

No! DataClassroom does have premium features such as working with your own data, graphing help, advanced statistics, and integration with your LMS. Contact us below if you would like to discuss a license at your school, or district.

2. Does the graphing in DataClassroom require a license?

No! The graphing is DataClassroom is free to use with any of the datasets in the Resource Library. All you need to do to try it out is sign up for a free account here.

3. I teach at the college level. Are DataClassroom licenses available for the college level?

Yes. We just released the new DataClassroom U! These licenses will be available for both institutional purchase or individual students. If you want to try out DataClassroom U on your existing DataClassroom account, go to your profile and switch your level to college.

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