The first part of this chapter discusses scatter charts in detail. Although it is easy enough to
create a simple scatter chart, many annoying complications can occur when you want to add
new data series to the chart or when you want to try to label the chart.
Using XY Scatter Charts to Plot Pairs of Data Points
Figure 5.1 shows a table of average January temperatures for selected U.S. cities. There is
no trend or pattern to this data.
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Figure 5.1
When this data is plotted
on a column chart,there
is no pattern to the data.
What are the likely causes of variability in January temperature? You might theorize ...
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