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Module 11 Assignment 01 - Choosing the right Chart, Formatting & Customizing Techniques
WHAT IS CHART?
A chart is a visual representation of numeric values, charts also known as graphs.
Charts and graphs are a great way of representing your data in graphical form for perfect analysis,A good chart should both explain and arouse curiosity. A chart can summarize thousands of datapoints into a single picture. The arrangement of a chart should explain the underlying data but
also enable the reader to isolate trouble spots worthy of further analysis.
Excel makes it easy to create charts. But although the improvements in Excel 2007 allow you tocreate a chart with only a few mouse clicks, it still takes thought to find the best way to present your data.
Microsoft Excel supports many kinds of charts to help you display data in ways that are meaningful to your audience. When you use the Chart Wizard to create a chart — or when you use the Chart Type command to change an existing chart — you can easily select the type you want from a list of standard or custom chart types
Chart Type Description Column
Bar
Line
Pie
Doughnut
ScatterCharts x,y coordinate pairs
Bubble
Stock
Area
Surface
Radar
Charts a series of values across a set of categories using vertical columns or horizontal bars
Charts a series of values across a set of categories as points connected by a line
Charts a series of values as a percentage of the whole
Data that is arranged in columns or rows in a specific order on a worksheet can be plotted in a stock chart
Combines the properties of a line and pie chart to chart a series of values across a set of categories as a continuous area
Charts two series of values across a set of categories in two dimensions
Charts changes in values relative to a center point
Checklist To Make any Chart for Analysis & Presentation
P Target your audience
P Manage your data for the chart
P Choose the right type of chart
P Choose the right color of comibination
P Choose should be simple & easy to read
P Chart should not be massy
Module 11 Assignment 01 - Choosing the right Chart, Formatting & Customizing Techniques
WHAT IS CHART?
A chart is a visual representation of numeric values, charts also known as graphs.
Charts and graphs are a great way of representing your data in graphical form for perfect analysis,A good chart should both explain and arouse curiosity. A chart can summarize thousands of datapoints into a single picture. The arrangement of a chart should explain the underlying data but
also enable the reader to isolate trouble spots worthy of further analysis.
Excel makes it easy to create charts. But although the improvements in Excel 2007 allow you tocreate a chart with only a few mouse clicks, it still takes thought to find the best way to present your data.
Microsoft Excel supports many kinds of charts to help you display data in ways that are meaningful to your audience. When you use the Chart Wizard to create a chart — or when you use the Chart Type command to change an existing chart — you can easily select the type you want from a list of standard or custom chart types
Use to…
Illustrate a trend across a set of categories or time
Illustrate a single data set or compare values of multiple data sets across same set of categories
Illustrate one ore more trends over time (i.e. categories should be a unit of time such as hours, days, months, years, and so on)
Illustrate the contribution of each value in the data set to a total. Number of values in the data set should be minimal (approximately less than 10)
Illustrate the dependence of one set of values (Y) on another (X)
a Stock chart is most often used to illustrate the fluctuation of stock prices. However, this chart may also be used for scientific data. For example, you could use a Stock chart to indicate the fluctuation of daily or annual temperatures.
Illustrate a trend in values across two dimensions in a continuous curve
Illustrate the differences of each value from the average value in a distribution.
Checklist To Make any Chart for Analysis & Presentation
Target your audience
Manage your data for the chart
Choose the right type of chart
Choose the right color of comibination
Choose should be simple & easy to read
Chart should not be massy
ABC COMPANY
Head Y 2009 Y 2010 Y 2011A 1,300 3,300 1,700B 2,800 1,800 3,000C 2,400 1,700 3,000D 1,100 2,400 2,500F 2,400 1,100 3,300G 2,400 1,400 3,200H 2,900 2,100 1,200I 1,900 3,000 1,900J 2,300 1,800 1,900K 1,500 3,500 2,600
TOTAL 21,000 22,100 24,300
DYNAMIC CHART
S # Product Jan-09 Feb-09 Mar-09 Apr-09 May-09 Jun-09
Line Chart with Average LineHead Y 2009A 1,300B 2,800C 2,400D 1,100F 2,400G 2,400H 2,900
I 1,900J 2,300K 1,500
Line Chart For ComparisonHead Y 2009 Y 2010 TotalA 1,300 3,300 4,600B 2,800 1,800 4,600C 2,400 1,700 4,100D 1,100 2,400 3,500F 2,400 1,100 3,500G 2,400 1,400 3,800H 2,900 2,100 5,000I 1,900 3,000 4,900J 2,300 1,800 4,100K 1,500 3,500 5,000
Department EmployeesOperation 2,874Production 3,415Finance 2,988IT 1,878Quality Assurance 2,447Admin 2,372HR 1,135Research 1,548Sales East 1,200Sales West 2,600Sales North 1,800Sales South 2,100
