Saturday, December 26, 2009

If I had to make a bar graph using these numbers what would be a good interval to use?

I have to make a bar graph with the numbers-607-5,095-7,721-359-and 3,359 what would suggest the intervals would be the graph can't be too long or too short just normal sized I would really like to know some interval suggestions!





THX!If I had to make a bar graph using these numbers what would be a good interval to use?
No spaces -- difficult to read. Also commas usewd fdor thousands instead of separating numbers, really ambiguous. I will try to decipher your numbers:





鈥?07


鈥?095


7721


鈥?59


3359





Min = 鈥?095, Max = +7721





So how about [鈥?100, 7800] ? OR [鈥?000, 8000]?





Wont be much of a bar graph since you only have five numbers.





These numbers make no sense whatsoever for a bar graph or any other graphical or semi-graphical representation.





OR if that is not what you were trying to write as the numbers, please try again. The five numbers you wrote span a range about 13000 wide.If I had to make a bar graph using these numbers what would be a good interval to use?
Are those just the values for the x-coordinate? And what is a normal size for you? ;-)





Just take the biggest of all values (here: 7721), and scale the whole thing so that it just fits on your paper, which might e.g. be 30cm wide (or 12 inches if you prefer imperial):





1. Divide 7721 by 12 inches: 7721/12=643.41...


2. Get a nice round number just ABOVE that value, like 700.


3. You have your interval: 700 units per inch.


4. Your graph will then have the width of 7721/700 = ca. 11 inches





I just hope I got your question right.

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