1. Chart or Graph from
Business Data
Presented by : Jero SL. Lara
2. Objectives
:
1. enumerate examples of business data;
2. determine the ways a set of business
data can be presented; and
3. identify the type of chart/graph to be
used based on a set of data.
3. A set of business data pertains to information
about the business, its transactions, its
employees, stakeholders, and its income and
expenses. These Information, of course, must be
gathered and presented with accuracy, and must
be kept for future purposes.
4. ➢ list of potential customers of the business
➢ customer details
➢ records of commercial transactions
➢ records of stakeholder interactions
➢ data collected from social media source
➢ product catalog
➢ inventory of employee information
➢ knowledge accumulated by and from the employees and partners
The following are examples of business data according
to HubSpot:
5. From our previous lesson, we defined chart or graph as a
visual representation of data which is considered brief and
comprehensive. Now, it is very important that we choose
appropriately the chart or graph that we are going to utilize
to present a set of busines data because it contributes to
the relevance,presentability, and comprehensiveness of
the business data itself.
6. Some business data are qualitative (i.e. expressed as non-quanitifiable
qualities such as name, gender, educational attainment, position, etc.). But
for quantitative data, the most effective way of determining what type of
chart to use is by purpose. Meaning, you are going to ask yourself: What
do I want to do with the set of business data? Now, in this discussion, we
have three options, though there are some variations of these three as
mentioned in the previous lesson
How do you choose what chart or graph to use for a set of
business data?
7. ✓ If your purpose is to show continuity of data, use line chart. Line chart is
best for showing trends or progression of a series of data, usually across a
timeline.
✓ If your purpose is to show data as components of a whole, use pie chart.
Using pie chart allows you to see what percentage a data is as part of the
whole. As extension, you get to see which among data contributes the most
or the least.
✓ If your purpose is to compare data, use bar graph. Aside from this, bar
