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Bar charts are used for comparing different pieces of data to each other, using horizontal bars. Categories are organised vertically, values horizontally, to focus on comparing values and to place less emphasis on time. Stacked bar charts show the relationship of individual items to the whole. Bar charts can sometimes be used as a way of making charts for project management.
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Where would a bar chart be used?
it would be ussed in the grocery store
When is it appropriate to use a bar chart?
A bar chart is used when you have a standard column and a variable column, it is used to indicate the differences of the variable in each of the standard.
What is used to compare sets of data in one chart?
You can use a stacked bar chart.
What is a type of chart used to show the relationship or proportion of parts to a whole.?
A pie chart can be used to do this. You could also use a stacked bar chart.
Why did the student draw a bar chart rather than a line graph?
Your best chance of getting the correct answer is to ask the student who drew the chart. The type of chart/graph that is best drawn depends upon the data being represented: If the chart is being used to show how data represents a fraction of a whole, a Pie chart would be used. If the chart is of discrete data, eg shoe sizes, a bar chart would be used. If the chart is of continuous data, eg the height of people, a line chart would be used. A pictogram is a version of the bar chart with the bars split up into icons which represent some kind of unit; eg for shoe sales of different styles a shop could use a shoe icon to represent 5 shoes with parts of a shoe icon representing 1-4 shoes sold. In business which of the bar chart and line graph is used depends upon what sort of information is required to be shown and to whom*. For factual information about different items a bar chart is often used (eg how much is sales per month), but if a trend is required a line graph can be used (eg how is sales per month changing). * The "to whom" bit is often the deciding factor - the choice of chart and how it is drawn can be used to great effect to enhance or hide certain aspects of the data.
