Scatter Charts

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Aurora

I am using Excell 2000

I feel like a dummy. While I use Excell on a regular
basis, about 1 a month, I have not created a chart (graph)
in Excell in years. Now I am trying to create a scatter
graph of which I have never done. This is for our salary
budget. I have been asked to show how many people are in
each salary range percentile by wages. Example Emp #1,
making $25000 may be in the 70% range for a specific
classification, while emp #2, making $25000 is in the 80%
range for his classification.

I began by making a chart with the salary range
percentiles in each column Ex: 70%, 80% 90% up to 120%.
Now in each column I put the each employee's wages$$
amount in the column that it falls in. The 70% column may
only have 2 emp that fall in that area while the 90%
column may have 5-6 people etc.

My graph has the 70-120 percentile ranges as the "x'
axis. The graph show wages from $25,000 through &100,000
in increments of $10,000 on the "Y" axis. But I can't
seem to get the scatter points on the graph. On the side
is a legend that shows the various $$ amounts by series.
One set begins with a blue diamond, the next set begins
with a red square etc. But they don's seem to correspond
with my chart; and each series picks up part if not all of
the information from the previous series, so that I end up
with a legend that has over twice the number of entries I
have.

Can anyone point me to an article or instructions on "how
to create a scatter graph"? Please Help.

Aurora
 
A

AlfD

Hi!

You have 3 variables to cope with: salary; percentile; frequency
2-dimensions have to be stretched to do that.

Have you thought of using a bubble graph? At the intersection o
salary and percentile a bubble (well, circle) is drawn proportionate t
the number of people falling on that intersection. Proportion can b
linear (radius) or areal.

And it can look really pretty with shading!

Al
 
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Tushar Mehta

If you are still looking for help with this problem, you might want to
provide an example of how the data are laid out. As it stands now, I
can only guess at the design. If it is:

70% 80% 90%
25,000 25,000 35,000
24,000 38,000
28,000

Then, what you should do is this: Suppose your data are in A2:F40.
Then, in A42, enter the formula =COUNTA(A2:A41). Note that this should
*exclude* the row with the % values. Copy A42 to B42:F42.

Now, plot the % row and row 42.

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Regards,

Tushar Mehta
www.tushar-mehta.com
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