MIS 301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Radar Chart, Pie Chart, Scatter Plot
12 Dec 2018
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Understand your audience and their level of data fluency. Ex: the number of units sold, the time taken to complete an examination, or tons of freight carried by a rail car, currency. Bar or column charts where each bar represents a quantity. Line graphs are also a good choice if the quantities are tracked over time. the direct relationship between two different quantities: scatter plot. Time series data best practice to keep it to less than 4 series, or else you risk confusing your users. These types of charts show growth rates and decline rates. When looking at rates of change for a specific measure over time, it can be useful to simply indicate the rate with clear text near the appropriate series on the chart. Showing a directional arrow icon (up, down, or flat) may also provide the user with a clear sense of the change rate.
