Bar Charts Bach, Lombard, & Wilson

Bar ChartsBach, Lombard, & Wilson

Issue: An electronics company is being sued on the grounds that female new hires are paid less than male new hires. The law firm needs to analyze salary data to prepare the case.

Objective: Use Excel 2007 to develop bar charts for the starting salary data for males and females. Data File is Bach.xls

Bar Charts-Bach, Lombard & Wilson

Open the Excel file called Bach.xls


• Select data in columns B and C

• Select Insert• Select Column


Select 2-D paired columns


Which brings up…


To change the horizontal axis labels to Years:• Select Data• Select Edit


Select cells A2 through A8 to display years in the label


Bar Charts-Bach, Lombard, & Wilson (continued)


Objective: Use Excel 2007 to develop bar charts for the percent of males and females hired with MBA’s. Data File is Bach.xls



• Select the Graph

• Select “Select Data”


Select EditSelect the data in Column A


Bar Charts-Bach, Lombard, & Wilson (continued)


Objective: Use Excel 2007 to develop a bar chart for the average starting salary of males and females hired with and without MBA’s. Data File is Bach.xls


• Select Columns G1 – J2

• Select Insert• Select Column



To add data labels to the top of the bars:• Select Layout Tab• Select Data Labels• Select Outside End

Delete the legend Series1


Line Charts- McGregor Vineyards

Issue: Analyze the sales and profits data over time.

Objective: Use Excel 2007 to develop line charts for weekly sales and profits. Data File is McGregor.xls

Line Charts-McGregor Vineyards

Open the Excel file called McGregor.xls

The file contains 20 weeks of historic data. The last row is 21


• Select The data in Column B

• Select Insert• Select Line• Select the 2-D Line with

Markers sample line chart


Need to:• Change the title (Click

title and replace with Sales Trend)

• Delete the legend Sales (dollars)(click the legend and press Delete)

• Add x-axis and y-axis titles

• Remove the gridlines


To add Axis Titles:• Select Layout Tab• Select Axis Titles• First Select Horizontal Axis

Title and then Click Title Below Axis – Replace with Week

• Go through same steps above and click Primary Vertical Axis Title and then click Rotated Title – Replace with Sales

To Change Gridlines:• Click Gridlines• Point to Primary Horizontal

Gridlines• Click None• Resize to fit in the range D1

through L11.



Repeat the process for Profit, changing titles as shown


Rebuild the line chart using both Sales and Profit, changing titles as shown and using Move Chart to move to another page.



To improve the scaling need a 2-axis chart• Click the Profit line on

the chart• On the Format tab,

select Format Selection

• Select Secondary Axis option button


Scatter Diagrams- Personal Computers

Issue: Analyze the relationship between PC sales price and the processing speed of the PC

Objective: Use Excel 2007 to develop a scatter diagram for PC price and speed. Data File is Personal Computers.xls


Open the Excel file called Personal Computers.xlsThe file contains data for 14 PC’s


• Select columns to be graphed (C and G)

• Select Insert• Select Scatter• Select Scatter with only

Markers


• Use Design tab to move to a new sheet

• Use Layout tab to add titles and remove grid lines

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Bar Charts Bach, Lombard, & Wilson