Tuesday 9 May 2017

7.3 Data series and appropriate chart and graph

https://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/Charts_and_Diagrams.htm



LINE CHART

  • Display continuous data over time, set against a common scale, and are therefore ideal to show trends in data at equal intervals.
CHART SUBTYPES:
  • Line chart with or without markers    
  • Stacked line chart with or without markers 
  • 100% stacked line chart displayed with or without markers    
  • 3-D line chart      






PIE CHARTS




  • Show the size of items in one data series, proportional to the sum of the items.
  • The data points in a pie chart are displayed as a percentage of the whole pie.
CHART SUBTYPES:


  • Pie chart    
  • Pie of pie or bar of pie  chart    
  • Exploded pie chart



XY (SCATTER) CHART

  • A scatter chart has two value axes. It shows one set of numeric data along the horizontal axis (x-axis) and another along the vertical axis (y-axis).
  • It combines these values into single data points and displays them in irregular intervals, or clusters.
CHART SUBTYPES :
  • Scatter chart with markers only    
  • Scatter chart with smooth lines and scatter chart with smooth lines and markers    
  • Scatter chart with straight lines and scatter chart with straight lines and markers.




STOCK CHART


  • As its name implies, a stock chart is most frequently used to show the fluctuation of stock prices.
  • However, this chart may also be used for scientific data.

CHART SUBTPYES:

  • High-low-close stock chart    
  • Open-high-low-close stock chart    
  • Volume-high-low-close stock chart
  • Volume-open-high-low-close stock chart



SURFACE CHART

  • A surface chart is useful when you want to find optimal combinations between two sets of data.
CHART SUBTYPES :
  • 3-D surface chart    
  • Wireframe 3-D surface chart    
  • Contour chart    
  • Wireframe contour chart.


RADAR CHART



  • In a radar chart, each category has its own value axis radiating from the center point
  • Lines connect all the values in the same series.



CHART SUBTYPES:
  • Radar chart
  • Filled radar chart


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