Thursday, November 18, 2010

Simple Tables to Graphs

For this assignment, I chose the Top 5 Fields of Study at Roger Williams University. In the first table graph, forgot to type "the number of students."

I had been trying to find the data of this topic from the RWU website many times; however, I couldn't find a good data. Therefore, I searched online that I finally found the data. After found the data, I started to create the Table with data, and using both PowerPoint and Excel. I have tried to create many kinds of graphs which posted below. Through this process, It was not hard to create the graphs and I actually enjoyed to create many ways. Therefore; when I checked the clock, it was passed midnight. 

Through my created graphs, I think the bar graph with different colors is the best for my chosen topic because  there are different studies and numbers of student. The same bar graph but same blue color (Graph 2) is also good for the topic; however, since the studies' names are long, the names take much spaces. The line graph (Graph 3) does not show the value of "how many people" with line compared the bar graph. The Graph 4 and 6 or pie graphs are for showing percentage; therefore, they do not match with the topic. The Graph 5 also matches with the topic; however, personally I like the Graph 1 better because of the different colors.     


Table

Graph 1

Graph 2

Graph 3

Graph 4

Graph 5

Graph 6
I was enjoying to create many different of graphs A LOT!!! When I looked the clock, it was 12:10AM!? and  the program was frozen... However, I feel accomplished!!!   

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