figure 1.3

FIGURE 1.3

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What We Will Recreate

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First, copy the needed tracker data into a scratch workbook

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Copy This Tracker Data

This is from the “FINAL” tab.

Copy the three columns and

put them side-by-side

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Put It In A Scratch Workbook Like This

This is the data we’ll need to

create the graphic

Leave room for an extra column

to manually type in

students’ initials

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Sort The Data Once You’ve Copied It All

Sort this data by growth, lowest to

highest and also by SSAG. That’s how we’ll get the bars

to line up nicely on our graphical

display.

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Next, organize the data so that Excel will make

the figure you want

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Organize The Data So It Looks Like This

Use three different

columns for each color

category we will create.

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Now, highlight the organized data and tell

Excel what kind of graphical display you

want

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Highlight The Data

Highlight ALL the data,

including the

column headings and the

students’ initials

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To Make The Figure, Select The “Insert” Menu

Select “Insert” and select “2-D

Column”

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That Gets Us This. We’re Getting Close!

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Make The Chart Wider On Screen To See All Initials

Make the graphical

display wider if you want to see all these initials

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Lastly, make the figure accessible by adding title, axis labels, etc.

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To Add Titles, Go To The “Layout” Menu

Select “Chart Title” and pick “Above Chart”

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Type In The Title

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To Add Axes Labels, Go To The “Layout” Menu

Select “Axes Titles” and

select “Primary Vertical Axis

Title” (Rotated)

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Type In The Axis Label

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Well done!