Visualizing Data

Ritesh Pandey

July 14, 2022

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Drawing the histogram in MS-Excel

Select the data range containing the two columns: ‘Class Intervals’ and
‘Frequency’.

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Drawing the histogram in MS-Excel

On the Ribbon in a worksheet, click ‘Insert’.

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Drawing the histogram in MS-Excel

Select ‘Recommended Charts’

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Drawing the histogram in MS-Excel

Select ‘All Charts’, and then select ‘Histogram’.

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Drawing the histogram in MS-Excel

Select ‘OK’

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Drawing the histogram in MS-Excel

On the chart, right click on the x-axis and select ‘Format Chart Area’

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Drawing the histogram in MS-Excel

In ‘Format Axis’ → ‘Axis Options’, fill in the ‘Bin Width’ and ‘No. of
Bins’.

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Deciding the number of class intervals

The approximate number of classes can be determined using the following

table.

No. of observations (n) No. of classes

Less than 50 5-7
50-200 7-9
200-500 9 - 10
500-1000 10 - 11
1000-5000 11 - 13
5000-50000 13 - 17
More than 50000 17 - 20

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Deciding the number of class intervals

Alternatively, we use the Sturges’s formula:

Number of class intervals = 1 + 3.3 log (n) (1)

where n is the number of observations in the dataset.

We may need to round off the number to the nearest integer.

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Deciding the width of class intervals

We find the width of the class interval using the following formula.
Largest observation − Smallest observation
Class width = (2)
No. of classes
We may need to round off the width to the nearest integer.

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Drawing the Line Chart in MS-Excel

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Drawing the Line Chart in MS-Excel

Select the columns containing the time series variable: ‘Price per Gallons (cents)’.

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Drawing the Line Chart in MS-Excel

On the Ribbon in a worksheet, click ‘Insert’. Then select ‘Recommended

Charts’.

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Drawing the Line Chart in MS-Excel

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Drawing the Line Chart in MS-Excel

Select ‘All Charts’, and then select ‘Line Chart’. Finally, select ‘OK’.

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Drawing the Line Chart in MS-Excel

On the chart, right click on the x-axis and select ‘Format Chart Area’ etc.

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Drawing the Line Chart in MS-Excel

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Drawing the Line Chart in MS-Excel

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Drawing the Line Chart in MS-Excel

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Drawing the Scatter diagram in MS-Excel

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Drawing the Scatter diagram in MS-Excel

Select the data range containing the two columns: ‘Size’ and ‘Price’.

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Drawing the Scatter diagram in MS-Excel

On the Ribbon in a worksheet, click ‘Insert’. Then select ‘Recommended Charts’.

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Drawing the Scatter diagram in MS-Excel

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Drawing the Scatter diagram in MS-Excel

Select ‘All Charts’, and then select ‘XY Scatter’.

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Drawing the Scatter diagram in MS-Excel

Select ‘OK’

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Drawing the Scatter diagram in MS-Excel

On the chart, right click on the x-axis and select ‘Format Chart Area’.

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Drawing the Scatter diagram in MS-Excel

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Drawing the Scatter diagram in MS-Excel

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Drawing the Scatter diagram in MS-Excel

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Drawing the Scatter diagram in MS-Excel

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Drawing the Scatter diagram in MS-Excel

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Drawing the Scatter diagram in MS-Excel

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