Hi Anonymous,
For general advice how to improve graph reading, the GMAT chapter for integrated reasoning is a good ressource (I believe it was added 2012 or 2013 to the GMAT, so you can take any GMAT ressource after that period).
Apart from that: practice, practice, practice.
Hope that helps - if so, please be so kind to give it a thumbs-up with the green upvote button below!
Robert
Hi Anonymous,
Vlad already mentioned some resources you can use for practice; in terms of the general approach for the analysis, I would recommend the following steps:
1. Read the graph
2. Analyze the graph
3. Provide a conclusion for the graph.
Hope this helps,
Francesco
Hi,
Several things about analyzing the tables / charts:
Sources to learn from (prioritized):
Good luck!
Dear A,
I would recommend you the following basic steps to interpret the graphs:
To interpret a graph or chart, read the title, look at the key, read the labels. Then study the graph to understand what it shows.
Read the title of the graph or chart. The title tells what information is being displayed.
Look at the key, which typically is in a box next to the graph or chart. It will explain symbols and colors used in the graph or chart
Read the labels of the graph or chart. The labels tell you what variables or parameters are being displayed.
Draw conclusions based on the data. You can reach conclusions faster with graphs than you can using a data table or a written description of the data.
To practice all this bullets GMAT Integrated Reasoning questions helps you a lot!
Hello!
I wuold suggest you to practice with GMAT.
GMAT unfortunately only gets better with practicing. Good news is that there are many ways of doing so!
There are free exams in the internet that you can use for practice (the one of LBS MBA page, Verits prep, as well as some free trials for courses such as the one of The Economist (https://gmat.economist.com/)
Hope it helps!
Cheers,
Clara