Module:  Bar Charts and Pie Charts                                                                              Print

Lesson Objective Learn how to create bar charts which represent counts, sums, or averages and pie charts which represent relative percentages for categorically grouped data
Section Description
Creating and Editing Visualizations A discussion of a standard 3-Step approach to generating all visualization types.
Representing Counts on Bar Charts Record counts can be generated for both categorical and continuous data columns.
Representing Sums or Averages on Bar Charts Sums and averages for categorical or continuous data columns can be displayed in both the positive and negative directions.
Trellis Plot of a Bar Chart Separate panels can be generated for data grouped by a categorical variable.
Sums - Averages for Multiple Columns on Bar Charts Consider two methods for displaying summary results for multiple data columns:  Y-axis selector or the Bar Chart Columns tab in the Properties dialog box.
Representing Categorical Data in a Pie Chart A discussion of some rather "non-traditional" features of DecisionSite pie charts, including:  layered pie charts and separate pie charts for different categorical variables.
Representing Categorical Summary Data in a Pie Chart Another "non-traditional" feature of DecisionSite pie charts is the ability to relate summary data via a continuous color gradient or a relative size change.