Focus on Language: Describing Data

with Stephen Walker

Language to
describe data
● Trends
- changes over time
● Comparisons
- similarities and differences
Attribution 1
Attribution 1
Attribution 1
peaked at
gradually
over 50% has
declined
remained stable

Attribution 1
 The consumption of
peaked at
over 50%
gradually
has
petroleum peaked at over
declined
remained stable 50% in 1973, then
gradually declined over
the next 12 years. Since
1985, global petroleum
consumption has
remained stable at 40%.

Attribution 1
 slowly has
increased plateaued
was
unchanged

Attribution 1
 For the first decade after
1970, the rate of nuclear
energy consumption was
unchanged at around 5%
worldwide. After 1980, it
has
slowly plateaued slowly increased, and
was
increased since 1995, it has
unchanged
plateaued at 12%.

Attribution 1
Language to
describe data
● Trends
- changes over time

● Comparisons
- similarities and differences
Origins of English

Attribution 2
Origins of English

Attribution 2
Origins of English

exactly the
same

almost as much

Attribution 2
 The influence of Latin
and French on English
is exactly the same at
29%, and Germanic
languages have
influenced English
exactly the almost as much at
same 26%. Together, these
three language groups
make up more than
almost as much
80% of the origins of
English.

Attribution 2
 The influence of Latin
and French on English
is exactly the same at
29%, and Germanic
languages have
influenced English
exactly the almost as much at
same 26%. Together, these
three language groups
make up more than
almost as much
80% of the origins of
English.

Attribution 2
 considerably / significantly
smaller
Origins of English

Attribution 2
considerably / significantly
smaller
In contrast, Greek, other
languages and proper
names have had a
significantly smaller
influence on the origins of
English, at 6%, 6% and
4% respectively.

Attribution 2
considerably / significantly
smaller
In contrast, Greek, other
languages and proper
names have had a
significantly smaller
influence on the origins of
English, at 6%, 6% and
4% respectively.

Attribution 2
considerably / significantly
smaller
In contrast, Greek, other
languages and proper
names have had a
significantly smaller
influence on the origins of
English, at 6%, 6% and
4% respectively.

Attribution 2
Language to
describe data
● Trends
- changes over time

● Comparisons
- similarities and differences
Attribution
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1 Global energy consumption Free Use ASE schoolscience.co.uk website ASE enquiries@uqx.uq.edu.au
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2 Origins of English Pie Chart PD https://commons.wikimedia. By Murraytheb at en. enquiries@uqx.uq.edu.au

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