1. Chart Suggestions—A Thought-Starter
Circular Area Chart Line Chart Column Chart Line Chart
Column Chart
Variable Width Table or Table with Bar Chart
Column Chart Embedded Charts
Cyclical Data Non-Cyclical Data Single or Few Categories Many Categories
Many Items Few Items
Two Variables Many
per Item Categories
Few Categories Many Periods Few Periods
One Variable per Item
Over Time
Among Items
Column Histogram
Few
Data
Single
Comparison Points
Variable
Two
Scatter Chart
Variables
What would you Line Histogram
Distribution
Relationship Many
like to show? Data
Points
Bubble Chart
Composition Scatter Chart
Th ree
Two
Variables
Variables
Changing Static
Over Time 3D Area Chart
Th ree
Variables
Few Periods Many Periods
Simple Share Accumulation or Components
Only Relative Relative and Absolute Only Relative Relative and Absolute
of Total Subtraction to Total of Components
Differences Matter Differences Matter Differences Matter Differences Matter
Stacked 100% Stacked Stacked 100% Stacked Area Chart Pie Chart Stacked 100% Column Chart
Waterfall Chart
Column Chart Column Chart Area Chart with Subcomponents
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