Monday, May 5, 2014

Use Chart



                              A chart is a graphical representation of data, in which "the data is represented by symbols, such as bars in a bar chart, lines in a line chart, or slices in a pie chart". 
                              A chart can represent tabular numeric data, functions or some kinds of qualitative structure and provides different info.



The term "chart" as a graphical representation of data has multiple meanings:
  • A data chart is a type of diagram or graph, that organizes and represents a set of numerical or qualitative data.
  • Maps that are adorned with extra information for some specific purpose are often known as charts, such as a nautical chart or aeronautical chart.
  • Other domain specific constructs are sometimes called charts, such as the chord chart in music notation or a record chart for album popularity.
  • Charts are often used to ease understanding of large quantities of data and the relationships between parts of the data. 
  • Charts can usually be read more quickly than the raw data that they are produced from. They are used in a wide variety of fields, and can be created by hand (often on graph paper) or by computer using a charting application
  • This gallery shows:
    • histogram consists of tabular frequencies, shown as adjacent rectangles, erected over discrete intervals (bins), with an area equal to the frequency of the observations in the interval.
    • bar chart is a chart with rectangular bars with lengths proportional to the values that they represent. The bars can be plotted vertically or horizontally.
    • pie chart shows percentage values as a slice of a pie.
    • line chart is a two-dimensional scatterplot of ordered observations where the observations are connected following their order.




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