The Importance of Message


Figure 1

intersection of horizontal x axis and vertical y axis
Figure 1.1: X and Y axes on a Cartesian plane

Figure 2

line chart
Figure 1.2: Line chart

Graphical Elements of a Chart


Figure 1

color property
Figure 2.1

Figure 2

angle property
Figure 2.2

Figure 3

1 scale position property
Figure 2.3

Figure 4

curve property
Figure 2.4

Figure 5

shading property
Figure 2.5

Figure 6

area property
Figure 2.6

Figure 7

direction property
Figure 2.7

Figure 8

2 scale position property
Figure 2.8

Figure 9

length property
Figure 2.9

Figure 10

volume property
Figure 2.10

Figure 11

two dimensional pie chart
Figure 2.11: 2D Pie Chart

Figure 12

three dimensional pie chart
Figure 2.12: 3D Pie Chart

Figure 13

100% bar chart
Figure 2.13: 100% Bar Chart

Figure 14

two dimensional line chart
Figure 2.14: 2D Line Chart

Figure 15

three dimensional line chart
Figure 2.15: 3D Line Chart

Figure 16

two dimensional area chart
Figure 2.16: 2D Area Chart

Identify and Interpret the Message


Figure 1

Pie chart of the abundance of canids are fox or coyote {On average across North America throughout the collection period foxes made up 80?% and Coyotes made up 20% of the canids}


Figure 2

What is the message of this graph?
Graph of Fox populations before and after Jan 1, 1970 {Fox populations before Jan 1, 1970 were greater than after 1970 {North American fox populations averaged 3765 (units) prior to Jan. 1, 1970 and 2062 after.} Discuss message as a group


Figure 3

What is the message of this graph?
Graph of Fox populations before and after Jan 1, 1970 {Coyote populations in Maine ranged from zero to 2741 throughout the collections period and had a median of 1393 and mean of 1296 units.} Discuss message as a group


Figure 4

What is the message of this graph?
Scatterplot of fox and coyote populations {Fox populations tended to decrease as Coyote populations increased} Discuss message as a group


Figure 5

The chart chooser graphic is an informative tool to help you consider what chart types are appropriate for your data and message.
The chart chooser graphic is an informative tool to help you consider what chart types are appropriate for your data and message.

Communicating the Message


Figure 1

new google sheet
Figure 3.1

Figure 2

google sheet import
Figure 3.2

Figure 3

google sheet upload
Figure 3.3

Figure 4

google sheet file type
Figure 3.4

Figure 5

google sheet file type
Figure 3.5

Figure 6

select Coyote column
Figure 3.6

Figure 7

insert chart type menu
Figure 3.7

Figure 8

new chart
Figure 3.8

Figure 9

select line chart type
Figure 3.9

Figure 10

add X-axis
Figure 3.10

Figure 11

add X-axis data from Years column
Figure 3.11

Figure 12

new graph with X-axis data
Figure 3.12

Figure 13

aggregate X-axis
Figure 3.13

Figure 14

That looks better, but can you see another issue? Look closely. new chart type error


Figure 15

new chart type select all
Figure 3.15

Figure 16

new chart type sort
Figure 3.16

Figure 17

new chart type final
Figure 3.17