4. What are you trying to communicate?
Trends
Over Time
Comparison
and
Ranking
Parts to
Whole
Distribution
Deviation Relationship
5. Trends over Time
Line Chart
0
50,000
100,000
150,000
200,000
250,000
300,000
350,000
400,000
2007 2008 2009 201020062005 20122011 2013
English
CirculationTransactions
2014
Annual Circulation of English Language Materials
6. Trends over Time
Area Chart
Annual Circulation of French, German, and Spanish Materials
0
5,000
10,000
15,000
20,000
25,000
30,000
35,000
40,000
45,000
50,000
CirculationTransactions
2005 2006 2007 2008
German
French
2009 2010 20122011 20142013
Spanish
7. Trends over Time
Bar Chart
Annual Circulation of Chinese, Japanese, and Korean Materials
0
2,000
4,000
6,000
8,000
10,000
12,000
14,000
200820062005 2007 20112010 20142009
CirculationTransactions
20132012
Korean
Chinese
Japanese
8. Comparison and Ranking
Bar Chart
0 2,000 4,000 6,000 8,000
John Wiley & Sons
Walter de Gruyter
John Benjamins
World Scientific College Press
Oxford University Press USA
National Academies Press
Titles
Taylor & Francis
Ashgate Publishing Limited
Nova Science Publishers
Brill Academic Publishers
Ebrary - Top 10 Publishers
10. Part toWhole
100% Bar Chart
9%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
77%
2006
78%
2007
4%
19%18%
73%
2010
18%
2011
18%
3%
17%
10% 12%
70%
2012
70%73%
18%
2014
18%
13%
2013
100%
78% 78%
18%
5%
2005
4%
19%
2009
4% 3%
18%
79%78%
2008
All Other Languages
No Language Specified
English
11. Creating Effective Charts
Line Charts - Avoid separate legends
0
5,000
10,000
15,000
20,000
2012 2014
French
20112006
Spanish
20132005 2007 2008 2009 2010
German
0
5,000
10,000
15,000
20,000
20132010 20112006 20082007 2009 201420122005
German
Spanish
French
12. Creating Effective Charts
Highlight the important data
0
5,000
10,000
15,000
20,000
2012 2014
French
20112006
Spanish
20132005 2007 2008 2009 2010
German
0
5,000
10,000
15,000
20,000
2012 2014
French
20112006
Spanish
20132005 2007 2008 2009 2010
German
13. Creating Effective Charts
Orient your views for readability
0
20,000
40,000
60,000
80,000
100,000
120,000
140,000
160,000
Expenditures
($USD)
Other
Electronic
Print
14. Creating Effective Charts
Orient your views for readability
0 50,000 100,000 150,000 200,000
Arts & Humanities
Sciences
Social Sciences
Medicine
Expenditures ($USD)
Print
Electronic
Other
15. Creating Effective Charts
Organize your views
0 50,000 100,000 150,000 200,000
Budget
Expenditures
Social Sciences
Sciences
International
Humanities
36. DataVisualization Resources
The Visual Display of Quantitative Information (2nd ed.)
Edward R.Tufte
2001
The Accidental Analyst: ShowYour Data
Who’s Boss
Eileen McDaniel and Stephen McDaniel
2012
38. Excel Resources
Charts and Graphs: Microsoft Excel 2013
Bill Jelen
2013
Meaningful Graphs: Converting Data into
Informative Excel Charts
James M. Smith
2014