Assignment TLE
Assignment TLE
Bar Charts
• These are just like column charts, but use cones, cylinders, or pyramids instead of
rectangles.
• These are 3-D, so they should be used when you have three axes to plot against
(i.e. sales made for each month for each salesman).
Line Charts
Pie Charts
Scatter Charts
Area Charts
• Best for when you want to show a change over time but emphasize the total of all the series combined.
This is like the combination of a line chart and a pie chart.
Doughnut Charts
• Just like comparing multiple pie charts, you see how two (or more) series
contributed to their wholes and a comparison of the amounts.
• Not often used in the US, so others may be confused by it.
Radar Charts
• Uses a separate axis for each category radiating out from the center.
• Not often used in the US, so others may not know how to read it.
Surface Charts
• These use three axes to show how three sets of data interact (like a
scatter plot with three axes).
• Shown in 3-D with the data points shown as a flat
sheet, almost like a bent piece of paper.