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That's a good effort. A vertical bar chart with the two measures next to each other is a better representation because you are trying to compare them. If you
by FraaJad 18y ago
That's a good effort.
A vertical bar chart with the two measures next to each other is a better representation because you are trying to compare them.
If you were to show something cumulative, say contribution of sales of groceries, electronics and clothes towards your daily sales, then, the chart you used is appropriate.
- iigs 18y agoYou know, I intended to chart blue = new, red = (old - new), so the red bar would be the comparison, the total bar width would be the old value, and the blue would be the new bar (compare in a single line), but I didn't check my data, thus making me guilty of exactly the same sin that spawned the article. :) Updated below. Bahhhhh! Thanks for the catch! http://ii.gs/fin-inst-caps-2007-2009-fix1.png http://ii.gs/fin-inst-caps-2007-2009-fix1.png