Types of Microsoft Chart.docx
- 1. Types of Microsoft Charts • A chart is used to visualize data to create maximum impact on your audience. • Chart types include the following: Column – It displays categories along the horizontal axis and values along the vertical axis. Line – Category data is distributed evenly along the horizontal axis, and all value data is distributed evenly along the vertical axis. Pie – This shows the size of items in a single data series proportional to the sum of the items. The data points in a pie chart are shown as a percentage of the whole pie. Doughnut – This also shows the relationships of parts to a whole, but it can contain more than a single data series. Bar – This displays categories along the vertical axis and values along the horizontal axis. Area – It is used to plot change over time and draw attention to the total value across a trend. X Y (Scatter) – This combines x and y values into single data points and shows them in irregular intervals or clusters. Scatter charts are typically used for showing and comparing numerical values, like scientific, statistical, and engineering data. Bubble – This is a scatter chart added with a third column to specify the size of the bubbles it shows to represent the data points in the data series. Map – This compares values and shows categories across geographical regions Stock – It shows fluctuations in stock prices. It can also be used for other data, such as daily rainfall or annual temperatures. Surface – It is used to find optimum combinations between two (2) sets of data. Radar – This compares the aggregate values of several data series. Treemap – It provides a hierarchical view of data and an easy way to compare different levels of categorization. It displays categories by color and proximity. Sunburst – This displays hierarchical data and can be plotted when empty cells exist within the hierarchal structure. Histogram – It shows the frequencies of data within a distribution. Box & Whisker – Whisker chart shows the distribution of data into quartiles, highlighting the mean and outliers. The boxes may have lines extending vertically called “whiskers”. Waterfall – This shows a running total of your financial data as values are added or subtracted. Funnel – It shows values across multiple stages in a process. Combo – It combines two (2) or more chart types to make the data easy to understand, especially when the data is widely varied