Building Graphs and Charts

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Excel 2010 (and 2007) no longer have the chart wizard to help you set up a chart. Here is a tutorial on how to get started with charts in Excel 2010 (and 2007).

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Excel 2010: charts getting started

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A chart is a graphical representation of information and/or data  Charts and graphs allow one to visually represent data in order to make information more digestible and visually appealing to a viewer.  A chart can represent tabular numeric data, functions or some kind of qualitative structure in a visual manner.

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In this TED Talk, David McCandless turns complex data sets, like worldwide military spending, media buzz, and Facebook status updates, into beautiful, simple diagrams that tease out unseen patterns and connections. Good design, he suggests, is the best way to navigate information glut -- and it may just change the way we see the world.

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The beauty of data visualization

Value for me?

Graphs and charts are used to make information easier to visualize. Humans are great at seeing patterns, but they struggle with raw numbers. Graphs and charts can show trends and cycles.

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Infographic of Most frequently used visuals by marketers in their content, showing a pie chart where 40% is stock photography, 37% original graphics, 12% charts and data visualization, 7% videos and presentations, and 4% GIFs and memes.

 

Line graph “Annual Number of Deaths from Wildfire,” showing global wildfire deaths from 2001–2018. The line fluctuates, peaking around 2008 and rising sharply again after 2016 to about 250 deaths.

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