9c. Line Charts

CSCI N207 Data Analysis Using Spreadsheet

Department of Computer and Information Science, IUPUI

Lingma Achesonlinglu@iupui.edu

Line Charts• Univariate analysis• Data represented as single-valued points.• Data values are on the y-axis. X-axis contains data labels only.• Best used for showing a trend over a given period of time.• Be careful with what you read. Double of 100 will not show at

much as double of 2000.

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Line Charts• Practice: Use the OrderInformation.xlsx and plot a line chart

showing the order trends of two types of coffee. • Can use the Filter feature to hide records of no interest. • OrderInformationLineChart.xlsx

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3.5Colombian Supreme Hazelnut