BAR GRAPH SAMPLE ANSWER 001

BAR GRAPH SAMPLE ANSWER 001 

 1 )

The bar graph shows the global sales (in billions of dollars) of different types of digital games between 2000 and 2006.

Sample Answer :

The bar graph compares the profit earned from selling four types of electronic games from 2000 to 2006. The data is calibrated in billion dollars.

Overall, the sale of the games on global scale hiked over the period except console games, whole turnover reduced to half in the final year compared to starting year.

To begin with, maximum sale for all kind of games was observed in 2006. In this year, the sale of online games was roughly $9 bn, which was almost half than handheld games and three times higher than console games. Moreover, mobile phones games were sold at just above $6 bn for the same year. In contrast, there was no sale of mobile games in the initial two years of the period, while console and handheld games had identical selling ratio with around $6 bn and $12 bn sale respectively. However, online games had insignificant selling ratio with nearly $1 bn in 2001, which was not available in its previous year.

Furthermore,  the sale of mobile and online game was similar in 2002 ($1 bn) and in 2004 ($4 bn). Likewise, handheld games sale was thrice the sale of console games for these two years. Besides this, from 2003 to 2005, the sale of mobile and online games doubled from roughly $3 bn. On the other hand, for the same years, sale of console games remarkably decreased. Lastly, handheld games companies sold approximately $15 bn worth games in 2003 and 2005.

 

2 )

The chart below shows the percentage change in the share of international students among university graduates in different Canadian provinces between 2001 and 2006.

 

Sample Answer :

The bar graph illustrates the percentage variation in the overseas graduates from distinct Canadian provinces for the year 2001 and 2006.

Overall, it is evident from the graph that share of international students graduating from all provinces increased in 2001 and 2006.

To begin with, majority of the university graduates were from New Brunswick, where the graduation ratio for international students rose from approximately 7% to nearly 12% in 5 years. Following this, non-Canadian students graduating from Nova Scotia and British Colombia universities were similar by roughly 10.5% in 2006, however this ratio was about 6.5% and 4.7% respectively in 2001. Apart from this, foreign graduates from Quebec province were more than 6% in both the years, with a small increased of 2% in 5 years.

Furthermore, the ratio of graduates from Manitoba and Newfoundland and Labrador universities were identical in both years, accounting at just under 4% in 2001 and almost 7% in 2006. Surprisingly, the graduation ratio of international students doubled from 2001 (3%) to 2006 (6%) from Ontario universities. Lastly, the share of non-native graduates from Alberta universities was more or less 5% in both years.