Methods of Data Presentation

The three methods of data presentation are textual, tabular and graphical.

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A table or chart title answers the question: What, How, Where When

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Two charts commonly used to display time series data are the line graph and horizontal bar graph.

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A column chart compares the magnitude of the different categories of a qualitative variable for a specific period of time.

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The pie chart shows the component parts with respect to the total in terms of percentage distribution.

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When creating a line and vertical bar chart, the vertical axis should always start at one.

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The biggest pie slice must be at 12 o'clock position.

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Gap size between the bars in a vertical bar chart should be around 1/5 to 1/2 of the width of the bar.

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Sapces between the bars in a horizontal bar chart should be around 1/4 of the width of the bar.

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The ratio of height to with of a line graph should be 2:3 or 3:4.

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