Comments on: Dataviz Challenge #3: Can You Make a Side by Side Bar Chart? https://depictdatastudio.com/side-by-side-challenge/ Tue, 08 Feb 2022 20:42:35 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Ann's Blog | Dataviz Challenge #3: How to Make a Side by Side Bar Chart in Excel https://depictdatastudio.com/side-by-side-challenge/#comment-227 Tue, 14 Jan 2014 19:48:36 +0000 http://emeryevaluation.com/?p=2779#comment-227 […] Two weeks ago, I challenged readers to re-create the “after” version of a side by side bar chart. You can read the full post here. […]

]]> By: Dataviz Challenge #4: Small Multiples Bar Chart | Emery Evaluation https://depictdatastudio.com/side-by-side-challenge/#comment-226 Wed, 10 Jul 2013 15:10:28 +0000 http://emeryevaluation.com/?p=2779#comment-226 […] the third dataviz challenge, we started talking about making several comparisons at once. For example, when the Innovation […]

]]> By: Dataviz Challenge #3: Alternate Solution by Paul Denninger | Emery Evaluation https://depictdatastudio.com/side-by-side-challenge/#comment-225 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:38:22 +0000 http://emeryevaluation.com/?p=2779#comment-225 […] excel to do complex work is easy; making the output look nice is a different matter. I took the challenge to recreate Ann’s graph because I’m always looking for better ways to display […]

]]> By: Dataviz Challenge #3: The Answers! | Emery Evaluation https://depictdatastudio.com/side-by-side-challenge/#comment-224 Tue, 11 Jun 2013 03:11:28 +0000 http://emeryevaluation.com/?p=2779#comment-224 […] Two weeks ago, I challenged readers to re-create the “after” version of a side by side bar chart. You can read the full post here. […]

]]> By: Ann K. Emery https://depictdatastudio.com/side-by-side-challenge/#comment-223 Thu, 30 May 2013 23:59:00 +0000 http://emeryevaluation.com/?p=2779#comment-223 In reply to Kerry.

Kerry,
Good question. I don’t see why it wouldn’t work.
You could help the reader see those differences in scores in a few ways. For example, you could intentionally order the categories (e.g., from the greatest percentage to the least percentage). Sometimes I make three side by side bar charts – the first would show Coalition A’s scores, the second would show Coalition B’s scores, and the third would show their differences. For example, on Basic Functioning and Structure, Coalition A scored a 93% and Coalition B scored a 70%, so the third bar chart would show 24% – because they differed by 24 percentage points. You might even order the categories from greatest to least based on these differences if you really wanted to emphasize how the coalitions differed.
Ann

]]> By: Ann K. Emery https://depictdatastudio.com/side-by-side-challenge/#comment-222 Thu, 30 May 2013 23:52:50 +0000 http://emeryevaluation.com/?p=2779#comment-222 In reply to Eden Segal.

Eden,
Great point – can’t believe I forgot the n’s! I guess that’s what happens when you’re analyzing real data all day and then play around with fictional data at night, oops.
I re-uploaded the chart with n’s. Welcome to the world of Small Data! Sometimes coalitions only have a few members, so the numbers are typically small.
Hope this helps you make comparisons! Ann

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