Creating Bar Charts

One of the difficulties in presenting the results of research is explaining the numbers. Many people understand data visually so it helps to show numeric data visually. One of the best ways to show data is though a bar chart. You can read more about bar chars here:

http://www.mathsisfun.com/data/bar-graphs.html

Recently the Commonwealth Fund released some interesting data comparing the relative quality of care in 11 industrialized countries. Examine the chart below.

Take a look at the chart, particularly the section that shows the "expenditure per capita." How could a bar chart better show the expenditure per capita?

Assignment:

Create a bar chart in Google Draw showing the per capita expenditure for health care in each of the 11 nations shown in the graph above. Use various colors to differentiate the nations. Here is an example of what you will produce.

https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1tn1-4LyHCGAqoNeQJuIxos17QmmUEmgpyLL3fTCzP7s/edit?usp=sharing

You should be able to re-create this bar chart with the skills you already have.

1. Create a new folder on your Google Drive, label it Charts.
2. Create a new Google Draw file and label it Bar Chart.
3. Use the sample I have provided as an example.
4. Share your Charts folder so I can inspect your work.


Rubric:

Nations are listed correctly 0-3 points
Data is entered accurately 0-3 points
Bars are set correctly 0-4 points

Total points available 10

Now, Check this out when you're done.