DAY 8:

EXCEL CHAPTER 4

Michael DeMicco

michael.demicco@mail.wvu.edu

September 16, 2013

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WHAT DID WE DO LAST CLASS?

• Assigned Homework 2

• Financial Functions

– PMT/IPMT/PPMT

• Open Lab time for HW1/MyITLab

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PLAN FOR TODAY

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• Charts

– Types

– Creation

– Design

– Formatting

– Trendlines

HOMEWORK 1

• Section 19 – 32/47 Submitted

• Section 21 – 34/46 Submitted

• Plan to finish grading (and post) later

tonight.

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UPCOMING DUE DATES

• MyITLab Lesson B due TONIGHT by

11:59PM

• Microsoft Excel Assignment 2 due this

Friday September 20th by 11:59PM

• Microsoft Excel Assignment 3 due next

Friday September 27th by 11:59PM

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CHARTS

• Why / what do we use charts for?

– A chart is a visual summary representation of data...

– Charts allow us to quickly look at a large amount of data in an easy to read/understand format

– Charts can allow us to quickly compare two or more data sets

– Chart can show us past/current trends and allow us to project future trends

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CHARTS

• 6 Main Types of Charts

– Column

– Line

– Pie

– Bar

– Area

– Scatter

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COLUMN

• A column chart displays data vertically,

with each data series forming a column

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CLUSTERED COLUMN

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STACKED COLUMN

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LINE

• This type of chart uses a line to connect data points in order to show

trends over a period of time. The X axis (Category axis) typically displays

time units, and the Y axis (Value axis) displays values for each point.

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PIE

• This type of chart plots a single data series where each

point represents a portion of the total of the series

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BAR

• This type of chart compares values across

categories using horizontal bars.

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AREA

• This type of chart emphasizes the magnitude of changes

over time by filling in the space between lines with a

color.

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SCATTER

• This type of chart shows a relationship between two

variables.

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CHARTS

• 5 More Specialized Types of Charts

– Stock

– Surface

– Doughnut

– Bubble

– Radar

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STOCK

• This type of chart shows the high, low, opening, and

closing prices for individual stocks over time.

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SURFACE

• This type of chart displays trends using two dimensions on a

continuous curve.

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DOUGHNUT

• This type of chart displays values as percentages of the

whole, but may contain more than one data series.

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BUBBLE

• This type of chart shows relationships

among three values by using bubbles.

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RADAR

• This type of chart compares aggregate values of three or

more variables represented on axes starting from the

same point.

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NEXT CLASS

• Assign Homework 3

• Go over Homework 1

• Chapter 5/6 Content

– PivotTables and PivotCharts

• Open Lab time?

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