2007-06-12 06:01:12 · 3 answers · asked by Kiki 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Programming & Design
Charts provide visual interpretations or meaning for the data charted. Unless your audience really consists of hard-core data geeks, tables won't have the communicating power that (well designed) charts do. Many people will miss some--maybe all--the important things that the data have to say.
Another point to consider: typically, many different points might be made with a given set of data--trends up or down? --relative composition (or contribution) of different characteristics changing? --sub-set comparisons (e.g., by gender, age, race)?
Charts enable you to choose and highlight the message that you wish to emphasize from from the data at hand.
2007-06-12 07:05:55 · answer #1 · answered by DPA1of8 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
So others can "visualize" the data.
2007-06-12 06:06:01 · answer #2 · answered by ELfaGeek 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
for lazy people who don't want to read the graph
2007-06-12 06:04:49 · answer #3 · answered by jbbuschbacher 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋