This document discusses different types of graphs that can be created in Excel including bar graphs, double bar graphs, pie charts, and line graphs. It provides exercises for students to create these various graphs using data from Wikipedia articles and Excel files on Moodle related to provinces in Kazakhstan, urate levels, and internet use by country. The document also briefly defines data analysis and discusses how it can be used to identify trends, correlations, and outliers in data to support decision making.
This document discusses different types of graphs that can be created in Excel including bar graphs, double bar graphs, pie charts, and line graphs. It provides exercises for students to create these various graphs using data from Wikipedia articles and Excel files on Moodle related to provinces in Kazakhstan, urate levels, and internet use by country. The document also briefly defines data analysis and discusses how it can be used to identify trends, correlations, and outliers in data to support decision making.
Problem Solving Nazarbayev University Click to enter name Lesson 9 Excel Graphs and Data Analysis Bar Graphs (Column Charts) Exercise: Go to the Provinces of Kazakhstan article in Wikipedia, and create the above table and column chart Double Bar Graphs (Column Charts) Exercise: Using the same table, create the double column chart above Pie Chart Exercise: Using the same table, create the pie chart above Line Graphs Exercise: Using the URATE.xls file in Moodle, create the above line graph Filtering Data Exercise: Create the above line graph by first using a filter to get the desired data range from the previous table Sorting Data Exercise: Using the InternetUse.xls file in Moodle, find the top ten Internet using countries in 2010, and create the above column chart Process of inspecting, cleaning, transforming, and modeling data with the goal of highlighting useful information, suggesting conclusions, and supporting decision making http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_analysis Useful for defining trends, correlations, deviations, outliers, rankings Issues: Determine what info is relevant