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As you can see, column charts and bar charts are a really cool way to either compare categorized data for one data set, or compare categorized data across multiple data sets. For example, the regional chart above shows quite clearly that plumbing issues are much worse in the South and Northeast, while the South struggles a lot more than anyone else with property upkeep.
As the name implies, pie charts are shaped like a pie, and are best used when you need to show the amount of a much larger category that's taken up by smaller sub-categories. For example, a University may use a pie chart to show a breakdown of the racial demographics of its student population. Using our data above, you might use a pie chart to breakdown Northeast renter problems by repair issue.
Again, this is another good chart to use when you are starting out with already categorized data. Pie charts are best used for one data set that's broken down into categories. If you want to compare multiple data sets, it's best to stick with bar or column charts. Moving on to line charts requires a new set of data because line charts and other similar chart types tend to be time-dependent. This means, you are usually but not always charting a data point over the progression of time.
This isn't always the case. Ultimately, for a line chart you only need an X and a Y value. In the example below, X will be time and Y will be population, but you could just as easily chart the productivity of your company Y as the number of bonuses paid goes up X.
The census data set we'll use in this example is the change in population of the United States from through Highlighting the year and the total population columns, and then clicking on Insert from the menu and choosing a line chart graph results in a line chart showing up in your spreadsheet. Right click on the chart and choose Select Data Source. Make sure the Year is unselected. Now that it's not trying to use the Year column as Y, it'll use it as X and correctly label your horizontal axis.
At just a glance, you can see that the population of the U. This is the kind of thing line charts are made to show. Area charts are identical to line charts, but the area under the line is filled in. While the focus of the line chart is still change in values over time, the focus of an area chart is to highlight the magnitude of values over time.
The difference is subtle, but when you need to show things like how many trees have been clear cut from to versus to , the area chart really shines. Using the population data above, you can compare the male versus female population growth from through You could also represent the same data using a stacked area chart also available in the charts section under the Insert menu. This chart can be thought of as a line graph and a pie chart combined into one.
You can see the percentage breakdown of the categorized data as that data changes over time. As though dating wasn't hard enough for guys as it is! A favorite among scientists and statisticians, scatter charts are plotted data points usually a cluster of similarly measured data points , that are intended to show correlations or patterns in the data that aren't obvious when you're just looking at individual data points. For example, plotting Cancer recovery success rates vs time spent in the hospital may show a correlation between how long someone is treated for Cancer and how successful the treatment is likely to be.
To show the power of this chart type, I've plotted the number of asthma hospitalizations in Chicago from through , organized by zip code. This X-Y scatter chart also called a "cluster" chart reveals that zip code had more asthma hospitalizations per year than just about every other region, and zip codes and over make up the best areas to live if you want the least possible odds of having an asthma hospitalization.
This can also be represented even better in the form of a bubble chart. Tutorial Exercise When you select the chart, the ribbon activates the following tab.
Download the above Excel Template. Charts are a powerful way of graphically visualizing your data. Excel has many types of charts that you can use depending on your needs. Conditional formatting is also another power formatting feature of Excel that helps us easily see the data that meets a specified condition. Skip to content. Item Desktop Computers 20 12 13 12 Laptops 34 45 40 39 Monitors 12 10 17 15 Printers 78 13 90 The values run horizontally 3 Column chart When you want to compare values across a few categories.
The values run vertically 4 Line chart When you want to visualize trends over a period of time i. Report a Bug. Previous Prev. Next Continue. In a Column Chart, the vertical axis always displays numeric values, and the horizontal axis displays time, names, or other category.
By default, Excel plots whichever has the most entries, row or column data, on the horizontal axis. For example, if plotting five rows and two columns, row headings would reside along the horizontal axis. This can be flipped around by customizing the Excel chart.
The first chart below is a 3-D Column Chart of our data series. In newer versions of Excel, cylinders, pyramids, and cones can be used instead of bars for most of the Column charts. The second chart above shows a 3-D Pyramid Chart.
A KeynoteSupport. The Line Chart is especially effective in displaying trends. The vertical axis Y-axis always displays numeric values and the horizontal axis X-axis displays time or other category. The first image shows the Line with Markers chart of our single data series. The Line Chart is equally effective in displaying trends for multiple series as shown in the above Line Chart without markers.
Notice that each line is a different color. Though not as colorful as the other charts, it is easy to see how effective the Line Chart in showing a trend for a single series, and comparing trends for multiple series of data values. The Bar Chart is like a Column Chart lying on its side. The horizontal axis of a Bar Chart contains the numeric values.
The first chart below is the Bar Chart for our single series, Flowers. When to use a Bar Chart versus a Column Chart depends on the type of data and user preference. Sometimes it is worth the time to create both charts and compare the results.
However, Bar Charts do tend to display and compare a large number of series better than the other chart types. All Bar Charts are available in 2-D and 3-D formats. As with the other chart types, new versions of Excel provide the option of using cylinders, pyramids, or cones instead of bars. Area Charts are like Line Charts except that the area below the plot line is solid.
And like Line Charts, Area Charts are used primarily to show trends over time or other category.
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