BUS 082 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Pie Chart, Contingency Table, Bar Chart

• School: College of The Sequoias
• Department: Business (BUS)
• Course: BUS 082
• Professor: bettencourt

Document Summary

Indicates frequency, amount, percentage or proportion of each category. One bar for each category represents amount/frequency. Two bar charts next to each other. Sequence of data, from smallest to largest. Summary table of data arranged in ordered groups. Allows a quick visual interpretation of the data. Enables determination of the major characteristics of the data. Same as frequency with extra columns for cumulative frequency. Bin size reflects percentage of data points in each group. Frequency/percentage polygon connecting the midpoints of each class. Cumulative frequency polygon displays variable of interest along x axis and. The scatter plot cumulative amount on y axis. Data consisting of paired observations on two variables. Used to examine possible relationships between two numerical values. Used to study patterns in a numeric variable over time. Not contain much chart junk or noise. Be simple and accurately tell the story. 3d graphs should have a meaningful 3rd dimension.