GREGRADUATE RECORD EXAMINATION

Data Interpretation

DATA INTERPRETATION

Data Interpretation (DI) is an integral part of the GRE Concept Building Quant Section.

The skills measured include the test takers’ ability

To interpret the given data one way or the other

The questions are calculation intensive thus forcing him to use mathematical calculations to reach the desired result.

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CLASSIFICATION OF DI SECTION OF GRE

Data Interpretation section of GRE includes the following:

Data Tabulation Line Graph Bar Graph Pie-chart

SOME PROBLEM SOLVING TIPS

READ DIRECTIONS •The first area to work upon in DI is “directions”. Students must spend a little time in the beginning of the test to read the directions and understand the information given in the tab

THE CATCH •There are certain traps in the DI questions which one must understand in order to counter them. e.g. Never ignore the units given for the variables (in million dollars, in thousands etc.)

CALCULATIONS •Instead of wasting time in doing lengthy calculations, you must try to solve the questions using approximations.

Short cuts

• One must use shortcuts to save time while calculating.

• Doubling the value of variable is equivalent to an increase of 100 per cent, tripling is equivalent to an increase of 200 per cent, quadrupling to 300 per cent and so on.

• A% of B = B% of A i.e. 97.6% of 25 is simply one-fourth of 97.6