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Graphs and Stats was Re: Statistics



On Wed, 6 Feb 2002 09:54:09 -0500, Thomas Berry <tberry@HCEA.NET> wrote:

>Here's a good example of archival statistics, from a post last week by the
>BGC Archives director:
>
>http://www.wheaton.edu/bgc/archives/ar/2001/cover.html
>

I have used previous BGC annual reports when preparing bid responses -- an
excellent source of information. If I could change one thing in the report
(and it is more aesthetic than anything else) it would be to convert some of
the spreadsheet data into some sort of graphical format ie bar charts,
linear graphs, pie charts you name it. This would make the information more
attractive as well as communicating it more quickly to the reader. And
reader will be able to see very quickly whether space utilization is up,
processing costs are decreasing over time, etc. Upper management loves
graphs, they don't have to read anything they just look at it, and quickly
get the point. Graphs also allow you to compare previous years data to the
current year much more easily.

Peter Kurilecz
pakurilecz@aol.com

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