Definition of PERSECUTION. 1. : the act or practice of persecuting especially those who differ in origin, religion, or social outlook. 2. : the condition of being persecuted, harassed, or annoyed. See persecution defined for kids. ADVERTISEMENT.
Telling a Story With Graphs. Task. Each of the following graphs tells a story about some aspect of the weather: temperature (in degrees Fahrenheit), solar radiation (in watts per square meters), and cumulative rainfall (in inches)) measured by sensors in Santa Rosa, CA in February 2012. Note that the vertical gridlines represent the start of the day whose date is given.
Seven of the most common graphs in statistics are listed below: 1  Pareto Diagram or Bar Graph - A bar graph contains a bar for each category of a set of qualitative data. 2  Pie Chart or Circle Graph - A pie chart displays qualitative data in the form of a pie. 3  Histogram - A histogram in another kind of graph that uses bars in its display.