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AGB 260: Agribusiness Information Technology. Graphing and Sparklines. Useful Chapters in the Textbook Regarding this Lecture. Chapter 44 Chapter 49 Chapter 50 Chapter 51 Chapter 52 Throughout other chapters. Charts in Excel. A chart is a visual representation of data.
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AGB 260: Agribusiness Information Technology Graphing and Sparklines
Useful Chapters in the Textbook Regarding this Lecture • Chapter 44 • Chapter 49 • Chapter 50 • Chapter 51 • Chapter 52 • Throughout other chapters.
Charts in Excel • A chart is a visual representation of data. • If done correctly, it allows you to present information in a visual form that is usually more understandable. • Charts in Excel are embedded and reside on the object layer. • A chart can also be put into a chart sheet.
Types of Charts In Excel • Column • Bar • Line • Pie • Scatter (XY) • Area • Radar • Surface • Bubble • Stocks
Column Chart • A column chart presents your data in vertical columns. • These charts are used to compare discrete items where the height corresponds to the value. • Column charts come in: • Clustered Column (3D optional) • Stacked Column (3D optional) • 100% Stacked Column (3D optional) • 3D Column
Bar Chart • A bar chart is a column chart that has been flipped 90 degrees. • You may want to use a bar chart over a column chart to make your category labels easier to display and read. • Types of column chart: • Clustered Bar (3D optional) • Stacked Bar (3D optional) • 100% Stacked Bar (3D optional)
Line Charts • These charts are meant to plot data that is relatively continuous, e.g., years. • Line charts can help you understand the trends and seasonality of your data. • Types of Line Charts: • Line (Optional with Markers) • Stacked Line (Optional with Markers) • 100% Stacked Line (Optional with Markers) • 3D Line
Line Charts Continued • You can add trend lines to your line charts. • This trends can be linear or non-linear. • You can information regarding the trend line, including: • The equation that makes the trend line • R2
Pie Charts • A pie chart is helpful in visualizing proportional data or data that can be made proportional. • A pie chart can only handle one data series. • You should be cautious on the number of items you represent in a pie chart. • Types of Pie Charts: • Pie (3D optional) • Pie of Pie • Bar of Pie • Doughnut
Scatter (XY) Chart • A scatter chart shows the relationship between two or more variables where one of the variables could be considered independent variable to the other. • Types of Scatter Charts: • Scatter • Scatter with Smooth Lines and Markers • Scatter with Smooth Lines • Scatter with Straight Lines and Markers • Scatter with Straight Lines and Markers
Area Charts • Area Charts are good at displaying how each contributes to the whole. • Types of Area Charts: • Area (3D Optional) • Stacked Area (3D Optional) • 100% Stacked Area (3D Optional)
Bubble Chart • A Bubble Chart is much like a scatter chart in the sense that it allows you to see the relationship between two variables, but it goes one step further by allowing you the ability to see a third dimension to the data in two dimensional space. • Types of Bubble Charts:
Radar Charts • Radar Charts have an axis for each category where the axis moves outward as the numbers increase. • These charts are useful when examining seasonality of products. • Types of Radar Charts: • Radar • Radar with Markers • Filled Radar
Surface Charts • These charts display two or more variables on a surface. • Excel uses color to help distinguish values. • Types of Surface Charts: • 3D Surface • Wireframe 3D Surface • Contour • Wireframe Contour
Stock Charts • Stock Charts are displaying information that has highs, lows, and averages much like you would see with stock market data and commodity data. • Types of Stock Charts: • High-Low-Close • Open-High-Low-Close • Volume-High-Low-Close • Volume-Open-High-Low-Close
Sparkline Graphics • A Sparkline Graphic is a chart that is placed in a single cell. • It allows for a quick examination for trends and variation in the data. • It can only deal with one series of data at a time and is placed within the cell rather than on the objects layer. • Types of Sparkline Graphics: • Line • Column • Win/Loss
Notes on Charts • If you are unsure of what chart would be appropriate to use for your data, you can click on the Recommended Charts button on the Insert Ribbon. • This gives you the ability to look at your data in different types of charts that Excel believes fits your data the best. • The best way to learn about charts is to experiment with them.