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
 
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
 
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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