businessdata are facts about business which are still in raw form. They have yet to be organize, analyzed, and if needed presented to the stakeholders of a business organization.
Ways to present data
Textual Form
tabular form
Graphical Form
Textual data
data are organized and presented in text phrases or paragraphs. It list down important characteristics and explain their significance
Tabular
data are organized in table form. A table is an array of arrows and colums. The organization of a table allows presenters to arrange data according to classes.
Graphical form
organized through points, line curves or bars which are drawn in relation to axes. By graphical form we also mean charts graphs diagrams or pictures that convey info.
Interpreting data
Title
Column and Row Heading
Units of Measurement
Title
Data which are organized effectively in tabular form are presented with this which tell the audience right away what the table is about
COLUMN AND ROW HEADING
DESCRIBES THE CATEGORY OF OBSERVATIONS CONTAINED ALONG EACH OF THEM. shows the number of observations that belongs to both categories.
Units of Measurement
helps tell what is contained in each row and column
Graphs
often are used to convey a relationship betweeb two variables,
Label
it is along the vertical and horizontal axes describe what facts or variables are being listed
scales
are measurement shown along two axes. They tell us how much or how many
Bars
tell us the quantity of a variable observed
Lines
describes the quantity of a variable being observed at one point in time and but it also estimate the quantities between those points.
Pie chart
used to display information about how the size of one variable relates to the size of the others and to the whole data set. proportion of one variable in relation to another
Use text and tables for details.
Use graph to present the larger picture
Use textual and tabular in formal reports
use graph when presenting a report to a large audience
