1. Excel Graphing

2. Chart Terms
Explain:
Different chart types are good for different data sets (see second page of document).
Keep it simple.
You may want to consolidate your data.
Powerful if made in excel, can be updated in other office products.
Show X and Y axis: X is independent variable and Y is dependent variable.
Data series and legend.

3. Creating a chart Freshman Sophomore Junior Senior
Freshman
Sophomore
Junior
Senior
Agricultural Sciences
272
213
324
447
Applied Human Sciences
1052
845
939
1352
Business
400
471
597
686
Engineering
613
455
337
693
Intra-University
1784
195 58
Liberal Arts
800
344
248
1669
Natural Sciences
902
578
785
1056
Veterinary Med & Biomedical Science
123
129
166
237
Warner College of Natural Sciences
212
286
348
512
Instruct the students to open excel and type in the data sets.
Select all the data
Choose insert, 3D Clustered Column. Directions on page 3 of help document.

4. Chart Tools Quick Analysis Tool— Recommended Charts--
Show the various options

5. Plotting Nonadjacent Selections
Selecting from the data.
Selecting from the chart.
Selecting from the Chart tools design tab.
Page 7 of help document
Show how you can hold down the CTRL key and select columns needed for data.
Show how you can right click on the chart to change data.

6. Understanding series Add series (page 8 of help document).
Edit series window-(page 9)
Series names are going to the legend.
Series values are the data values that are plotted.
Edit the legend.
Work with the chart that has limited data from the last slides
Select Design and select data under the chart tools. Get rid of the ={1} before selecting the series values!
Move data on the legend by deleting and adding series names.

7. Changing Chart Type Change the chart type on page 10
Formatting chart elements on page 12
Chart Elements-page 13
Chart Style-page 14
Chart filter-page 15

8. Assignment-due Monday Sep. 18th
Graph Skittles Isotope Data:
Type in Data Set (hint: make the isotope color and atomic mass columns into one).
Graph Isotope color/mass vs. Total # of Isotope into a bar graph.
Include the following:
Title, Axis title and units, and legend.
Extra credit: Pie chart of % of total mass.
Extra credit: pie chart of isotope color/mass vs. % of total mass.