math 15 introduction to scientific data analysis lecture 3 working with charts and graphics

Math 15

Introduction to Scientific Data Analysis

Lecture 3

Working With Charts and Graphics

Week Date Concepts Project Due

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2 January 28 Introduction to the data analysis

3 February 4 Excel #1 – General Techniques

4 February 11 Excel #2 – Plotting Graphs/Charts Quiz #1

5 February 18 Holiday

6 February 25 Excel #3 – Statistical Analysis Quiz #2

7 March 3 Excel #4 – Regression Analysis

8 March 10 Excel #5 – Interactive Programming Quiz #3

9 March 17 Introduction to Computer Programming - Part - I

March 24 Spring Recesses

10 March 31 Introduction to Computer Programming - Part - II Project #1

11 April 7 Programming – #1 Quiz #4

12 April 14 Programming – #2

13 April 21 Programming – #3 Quiz #5

14 April 28 Programming – #4

15 May 5 Programming - #5 Quiz #6

16 May 12 Movies / Evaluations Project #2

Final May ??? Final Examination

Course Lecture Schedule

There is a quiz today! There is neither lecture nor computer labs next week.

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How can I interpret this data set?

You know how to interpret the pictures already.

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Let’s make a histograms

Projected Population of the United States, by Age and Sex: 2000 to 2050(In thousands except as indicated. As of July 1. Resident population.)(leading dots indicate sub-parts)

Population or percent, sex, and age 2000 2010 2020 2030 2040 2050POPULATION

.TOTAL..TOTAL 282,125 308,936 335,805 363,584 391,946 419,854..0-4 19,218 21,426 22,932 24,272 26,299 28,080..5-19 61,331 61,810 65,955 70,832 75,326 81,067..20-44 104,075 104,444 108,632 114,747 121,659 130,897..45-64 62,440 81,012 83,653 82,280 88,611 93,104..65-84 30,794 34,120 47,363 61,850 64,640 65,844..85+ 4,267 6,123 7,269 9,603 15,409 20,861

.MALE..TOTAL 138,411 151,815 165,093 178,563 192,405 206,477..0-4 9,831 10,947 11,716 12,399 13,437 14,348..5-19 31,454 31,622 33,704 36,199 38,496 41,435..20-44 52,294 52,732 54,966 58,000 61,450 66,152..45-64 30,381 39,502 40,966 40,622 43,961 46,214..65-84 13,212 15,069 21,337 28,003 29,488 30,579..85+ 1,240 1,942 2,403 3,340 5,573 7,749

.FEMALE..TOTAL 143,713 157,121 170,711 185,022 199,540 213,377..0-4 9,387 10,479 11,216 11,873 12,863 13,732..5-19 29,877 30,187 32,251 34,633 36,831 39,632..20-44 51,781 51,711 53,666 56,747 60,209 64,745..45-64 32,059 41,510 42,687 41,658 44,650 46,891..65-84 17,582 19,051 26,026 33,848 35,152 35,265..85+ 3,028 4,182 4,866 6,263 9,836 13,112

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Next Computer Lab:How to visualize data

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Graphs provide visual representations of numerical data.Quantitative

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Graphs & Charts

Science calls them Graphs. Business calls them Charts. Excel calls them Charts.

You can use Excel’s Chart Wizard to quickly and easily create charts.

The Chart Wizard is a series of dialog boxes that prompt you for information about the chart you want to generate

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In Lab, Learning few tricks!

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Comparative histogram

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Creating Chart is Easy!

You can use Excel’s Chart Wizard to quickly and easily create charts. Or you can choose chart from “Insert” on menu.

Just Clicking this icon invokes Chart Wizard!

Click “Insert” to create a chart!


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Create a chart usingthe Chart Wizard – Excel 2003

To create a chart with the Chart Wizard:1. Select the data you want to chart, which will be your data

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2. Click the Chart Wizard button on the standard toolbar

3. Select the chart type and sub-type

4. Make any additions or modifications to the chart's data source

5. Make any modifications to the chart's appearance

6. Specify the location for the chart, then click the OK button


Chart Wizard dialog box


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Create a chart usingthe Chart Wizard


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Choosing a data series

Charts are based on tables with categories (usually in the rows) and series of values (usually in the columns).

They typically display; categories on the horizontal axis (X-axis) values on the vertical axis (Y-axis)


Simple Example: Table to Chart

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A chart can have several data series all plotted against a common set of category values.


Create a chart usingthe Chart Wizard


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Types of Charts

Pie – display only one series of values. Combined, all of the values in this one series of values make up 100% of the pie.

Column and Bar (Histogram) – can hold many series of values. The horizontal axis displays categories

Line chart – horizontal axis holds categories (name or labels)

XY (Scatter) – line with real values on both horizontal and vertical axies.


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Quiz

Open Book and Open Notebook! 15-minutes!

Next Quiz – February 25th!

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