figure 1.9

FIGURE 1.6

© Relay Graduate School of Education. All rights reserved. 2

What We Will Recreate

3

First, copy the needed tracker data into a scratch workbook


Copy This Tracker Data

This is from the “FINAL” tab. Copy the two columns and

put them side-by-side


Put It In A Scratch Workbook Like This

This is the data we’ll need to

create the graphic

Leave room for an extra column

to manually type in

students’ initials


Sort The Data Once You’ve Copied It All

Sort this data by standards mastery, lowest to highest. That’s how we’ll

get the bars to line up nicely on our

graphical display.

7

Next, organize the data so that Excel will make

the figure you want


Organize The Data So It Looks Like This

Notice what we did here. The columns are sorted in order of scores. Boys on the right, girls on

the left. That’s how we’ll tell Excel to make a two-color graphical display.

9

Now, highlight the organized data and tell

Excel what kind of graphical display you

want


Highlight The Data

Highlight ALL the data,

including column headers


To Make The Figure, Select The “Insert” Menu

Select “Insert” and select “2-D

Column”


That Gets Us This. We’re Getting Close!


Make The Chart Wider On Screen To See All Initials

Make the graphical

display wider if you want to see all these initials

14

Lastly, make the figure accessible by adding title, axis labels, etc.


To Add Titles, Go To The “Layout” Menu

Select “Chart Title” and pick “Above Chart”


Type In The Title


To Add Axes Labels, Go To The “Layout” Menu

Select “Axes Titles” and

select “Primary Vertical Axis

Title” (Rotated)


Type In The Axis Label


You Can Also Add A Label Below The Axis

Select “Chart Title” and pick “Horizontal”


Type In The Axis Label

This axis label lets the reader know what all

the letters represent below

the columns

21

Well done!