Chapter 2. Creating Univariate Charts

The recipes covered in this chapter are:

  • Creating tables
  • Creating bar graphs
  • Creating pie charts
  • Sorting the graphs
  • Creating histograms
  • Creating line charts
  • Using the Show Me toolbar
  • Creating stacked bar graphs
  • Creating box plots
  • Showing aggregate measures
  • Showing the top 10 items

Introduction

An analysis involving one measure is called univariate analysis. In this chapter, we will cover various univariate charts. Note that charts are also referred to as graphs or plots, and you will find these terms used interchangeably throughout this book.

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