Mass & Volume Lab Using Excel!!! Importing data into Excel Creating a scatterplot Adding multiple sets of data on one graph Formatting your graph Adding Trendlines

Export class data into Excel A.Select/highlight all of the class data from Google spreadsheet B.Right click, select “copy” 1.or “Ctrl C” C.Open Xcel 1.Start -> All Programs -> Microsoft Office Folder -> Xcel D.Right click upper left cell, select “paste” 1. or “Ctrl V” 2.Data should magically appear in Xcel

Creating a Graph from Data A.Select/highlight all of the lead data (include mass & volume data) B.Click the “Insert” tab on the top navigation bar C.Select “Scatter Chart” 1.Choose “Scatter with only Markers” D.Scatter Plot should magically appear!

Adding Another Set of Data A.Right click on white area of graph 1.Click “select data” i.“Select Data Source” box should appear 2.Click the “Add” button (left side of box) i.A new “Edit Series” box should appear 3.Name the “Series” as Aluminum 4.Click on the “Select Range” button under the “Series X values” i.Another new “Edit Series” box should appear 5.On the actual Xcel data, highlight the data that will go on the x-axis for aluminum (the volume data) i.Click the little icon button ii.Previous box should appear again 6.Repeat step 4-5 for the “Series Y values” 7.Click ok in the “Edit Series box” 8.Click ok in the “Select Data Source” box.

Formatting your Graph A.Under the Design tab, 1.select “Chart Layouts” and i.choose “Layout 1” B.Double click on the different parts of your graph to change the formatting 1.Ex: Double click on the X-axis values to: i.Change the minimum & maximum ii.Change the scaling 2.Ex: Double click on the “Axis Title” to name the axis (volume or mass)

Add a Trendline (Equation and R 2 ) A.Right click on a data point for lead 1.Select “Add trendline” 2.Choose a “Linear” line 3.Make sure your y-intercept is at Select that you want to display i.“Equation on chart” and ii.“R 2 value on chart” 5.Repeat steps 1-4 for aluminum 6.You can also Customize the name of each trendline if you want.