Display Scientific Data in a Chart

Topic at a glance

When your data has pairs or grouped sets of values, you can display it effectively in an xy (scatter) chart. This chart type is commonly used for displaying scientific and engineering data. A scatter chart has two value axes, instead of one value axis and one category axis like most chart types. Another difference is that data can be shown in uneven intervals, or clusters.

Optional chart items that can be helpful in analyzing data are trendlines for prediction and error bars to show the margin of error.