Question

You need to create a chart showing the past year sales results for the university bookstore. Your chart will show the total sales by month for twelve months. Which of the following is the best chart type? Question 1 options: A) pie chart B) line chart C) scatter chart D) either line or column chart

Answer 1

Answer:

D) either line or column chart

Step-by-step explanation:

Line or column charts are better used to show changes of a value over a period of time. Its visually easy to compare changes between the months in a column chart. A line chart its usually used to compare the data over time of several groups.

A Pie chart is better used when you want to compare a part of the data to a whole.

A Scatter chart it is best to compare two variables X and Y, and see their relations.