Charts

• This is chapter 14 of the book.
• Charts are incredibly
  • Important to most of the world, a picture is worth ...
  • Important to me, I have spent most of my life trying to draw data.
  • Therefore important to you.
• Most of you had some confidence with charts so this will be more of an overview.
• If you need more help, please ask.
• While you are doing this, explore
  • I will ask you to perform tasks similar to what we have done.
  • But it might not be exactly the same.
• When producing charts
  • You must match the specification in the instruction.
    • But you have latitude, if you meet the requirements you are good.
  • Make sure that EVERYTHING is labeled.
    • This starts with properly labeling all data.
    • And continues with selecting your labels.
    • And concludes with adding missing information.
  • Before you finish, make sure all data is appropriately labeled.
  • Stick with the charts you know
    • Learn more, but it is better to use charts your audience will understand immediately.
  • Information is more important than aesthetics.
  • In general KISS
  • Don't Lie with Data Visualization
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• Build a column chart of all snowfall
  • Change the chart title
  • Add axis titles
  • Look at the pre-constructed charts in the chart stiles workgroup of the Design special table.
  • Look at the quick layout dropdown in the Chart layouts
  • While you are there, look at the chart element dropdown
    • And the chart element quick tool.
    • Explore these now and on your own.
• Build a bar chart for the years 2009 through 2012 and include this year.
• Switch to the 2010 population and build a line chart and a pie chart.
• Build a graph to represent the historic population growth.
• Play around with making this graph look
  • Like the population is growing rapidly
  • Like the population is not changing rapidly