Read JPDA Voting and Elections (especially pp86ff)
Times series chart tips
Standards for time series charts:
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minimize the ink-to-data ratio
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Clearly distinguish between lines
representing different series.
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beware of scaling distortions.
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always display time on the X-axis,
left to right.
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use data labels rather than
legends
Prepare a chart,
using these data,
that looks like this (or better).
Features of Chart:
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small size: 2.5H x 4.0 W
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Y axis on the right side (done when formatting
the X axis)
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No legend --datapoint data labels
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Chart title (and source) is a textbox (not a
title) -- use Insert | Textbox
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format line color, chart area light blue; plot
area light orange
