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There are so many different kinds of charts.
How do you decide which one to choose? One of our customers asked for a
"cheat sheet" so here it is.
| If your data is organized by... |
And your data looks like this in Excel... |
Choose one of these charts... |
Category
(e.g., type of defect, city, state, country, male/female, etc.) |
Headings + Integers or Decimals:
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Pareto Chart
Bar Chart
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Cause and effect
(e.g., calories vs weight gained, variation vs warranty claims, etc.) |
Two columns/rows of numbers:
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Scatter Chart

Matrix Plot

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Time
Attribute Data
(days, hours, batch number, lot number, etc.) |
One column of Integers
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c Chart

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Time
Attribute Data
(Counted) |
Headers (time, lot number)
1. Defects (Integer)
2. Sample size (contant integer)

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np Chart

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Time
Attribute Data
(Counted) |
Headers
1. Defective items (Integer)
2. Sample size (variable integer)

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p Chart
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Time
Attribute Data
(Counted)
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Headers
1. Defects (Integer)
2. Sample size (variable integer)

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u Chart

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Time
Variable Data
(Measured)
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Headers (time, lot number)
1. Decimals
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XmR Chart

Histogram

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Time
Variable Data
(Measured) |
Headers (time, lot number)
2-5 columns of Decimals
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XbarR Chart
XMedianR
Histogram
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Time
Variable Data
(Measured) |
Headers (time, lot number)
5-25 columns of Decimals
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XBarS Chart

Histogram

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