Comments on: Challenge – Show Market Share Changes

By: nixnut

nixnut — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:26:58 +0000

Come to think of it, why on earth did I use stacked bars there? A totally unnecessary complication.
For a better approach see: http://peltiertech.com/WordPress/2008/09/04/us-employment-slump-chart-how-to/
Pay attention to how the chart data is arranged.

By: nixnut

nixnut — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:11:15 +0000

@waseem: Jon has, of course, a splendid tutorial that explains how to create the overlapping bars. See http://peltiertech.com/WordPress/2008/10/10/overlapped-bar-chart-thinner-bars-in-front/
The charts on the right displaying the rate of change are stacked bars, with the first segment having no fill colour.

By: DSA Insights » Blog Archive » Graduation Rate and Federal Spending [Chart Reviews]

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 12:32:11 +0000

[...] from 1998 to 2008. Another option to visualize this data is in a chart like the one shown here by Jon. In the table below, I simply took the data from the pie charts and created a [...]

By: Jon Peltier

Jon Peltier — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 05:53:00 +0000

Hi Waseem - I wrote a couple of follow-up posts last week. In Explore Your Data With Pivot Tables I used this data to show how pivot tables can be used to investigate the data quickly and easily. Then in a second follow-up I showed How to Build a Simple Panel Chart.

By: Waseem

Waseem — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 05:34:49 +0000

Hi Nixnut,

Your chart is impressive but i dont know how to make this. Can you plase send me some tutorial or any website reference from where i could know how to prepare this visual.
Thanks

By: Chandoo

Chandoo — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 01:11:46 +0000

@Jon, Nixnut, Derek and Dave:
Thanks for posting such marvelous examples for presenting this data. I have learning quite a few techniques and enjoyed it.
Btw, I have posted a summary of this challenge here: http://chandoo.org/wp/2008/11/14/excel-charting-alternatives-market-share-data/

do check it out as it presents few more alternatives and enables discussion :)