1.)What is Chart? Not to be confused with a graph, a chart is a graphic representation of data. Charts allow users to see what the results of various data is to better understand and predict current and future data. In the below picture, is an example picture of a column chart of unique visitors Computer Hope has received between the years of 2000 and 2006. As can be seen in this example, you can immediately see a gentle increase of users without reading any data. 2.)What is Surface Chart? Surface charts interpret X-Y data as discrete axes, and they cannot be set to continuous axes natively (see this article by the brilliant Jon Peltier). There are tools like this one from Andy Pope which will plot a true X-Y-Z scatter plot, or this file which does much of the same, but they are separate plugins and will not necessarily work with your data format (nor will they make surface plots). Examples: 3.)What is Bar Chart? Alternatively referred to as a bar graph, a bar chart is a graphic representation of data. Bar charts show horizontal or vertical bars going across the chart horizontally, with the values axis often displayed on the bottom of the chart. Below is a sample picture of a bar chart of unique visitors Computer Hope has received between the years of 2000 and 2006. Examples: 4.)What is Doughnut Chart? Doughnut charts are a good way to give birds-eye view of two or more sets of data.Unlike a pie chart, a doughnut chart can contain multiple series. Examples:
Posted on: Tue, 08 Oct 2013 04:40:40 +0000
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