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Chart Title
35
30
25
20
15
10
0
5/1/2002 6/1/2002 7/1/2002 8/1/2002 9/1/2002
Series 1 Series 2
BASIC TYPES OF GRAPHS
COLUMN- This graph shows the
differences in individual values
vertically. It can be used to show
the differences between values in
different time periods or other data
groupings.
COLUMN GRAPH EXAMPLE
Chart Title
4.4 4.5
4.3
3.5
3
2.8
2.4 2.5
2 2
1.8
80000
70000
60000
20000
10000
0
2003 2004 2005
BASIC TYPES OF GRAPHS
votes
Apples
Bananas
Grapes
Oranges votes
Pears
Strawberries
0 1 2 3 4 5 6
LINE- This graph features values at different
points in the time. It is usually best to have
equal time intervals along the horizontal
axis of the graph. One example is showing
the trend in the number of costumer
service calls handled by the five officers
each month over the last year. A line
graph can effectively display up to four to
six data series.
LINE CHART EXAMPLE
Chart Title
6
0
Category 1 Category 2 Category 3 Category 4
Series 1 Series 2 Series 3
Annual Cinema Admissions
in Great britain,1951-1981
Column1
1.6
1.4
1.2
1
0.8
Column1
0.6
0.4
0.2
0
1951 1956 1961 1966 1971 1976 1981
BASICTYPES
BASIC TYPES OF GRAPHS
OF GRAPHS
Sales
Sales
1st Qtr
2nd Qtr
3rd Qtr
4th Qtr
KEY GRAPH OF ELEMENTS
COLORS- Make sure that there is enough contrast
between the background color and the color of each
data series so that the information is clearly seen by the
readers. This colors also be consistent with overall color
scheme of the slides so that the graph does not look out
of place.
DEPTH- The depth of the graph refers to whether the
graph is 2D or 3D. Selecting between the two is simply
an aesthetic choice.
Axes- All of the mentioned graph types, except for the
pie graph, have two axes . One is for the data values
and the other one is for the time scale or how the data
is separated. It is important to set the scale of the axes
to suit the data being shown. Also, make sure that
active that indicate the values along each axis are big
KEY GRAPH OF ELEMENTS
DATA LABELS- When the data value in a graph needs to
be more clearly indicated, a data label can be used.
This is a text box that contains the actual data value. It
should be place close to the graphical representation
of the data point, whether it is at the end of the bar or
column, above a data point in a line graph , or inside
the pie section in a pie graph. Make sure that the text is
legible enough and that the text colors has sufficient
contrast with the color underneath.
TITLE- The title of the graph should focus on the
interpretation of the data and not on the data
themselves . It should be remembered that a graph is
used to help make a point and the title will be a key
factor to enable the audience interpreting the graph
properly. For example, instead of a title like “Sales 1996-
KEY GRAPH OF ELEMENTS
LEGEND- If there are more than one data
series on a graph, text labels should be
added to indicate each series instead of
using a legend on the graph. Research
shows how that a legend distracts and
forces the audience to split there attention
between the data in the graph and the
explanatory text in the legend, reducing
their understanding of the graph. Instead,
any explanatory text in the graph should
be placed using text boxes.
TABLES
Title
Rows
Columns
Column labels/title
Data
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