Excel: Unlimited Possibilities
Graphs, Imputing Data, and
Automatic Calculations
Secondary Mathematics Pre-School Inservice
Cape Coral High School
August 3, 2006
Summer Cadre 2006
Increase Student Learning
with a Histogram Chart
Run Charts
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USING PARETO CHARTS
IN DATA ANALYSIS
Basic Excel Information
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Scatter
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Radar
Charts
- How Did We Do?
Radar
Charts
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Data Analysis
Sorting and Filtering Items in Excel
…and other options!
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Printing a
PowerPoint
Presentation
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Importance of Run Chart?
SPELLING RUN CHART
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 Graph progress over
time.
 Shows progress
toward a stated goal.
 Increases student
success.
 Easy for students to
graph own progress.
Do Not Give Students Permission
to Forget
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Graph student success
on math vocabulary.
A quiz will be given
every other week.
The quiz will be
charted in a
Histogram.
Share the chart and
plan to increase
student success.
Number of Students
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Bi-Weekly Quiz 1
What is a Scatter Diagram?
Attendance VS FCAT Levels
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Attendance: Days Present
 Confirm a relationship
between two
variables.
 Test for possible
cause and effect.
 Students’ attendance
records and FCAT
levels.
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Advantages of Radar Chart
Major assessment for a school on 1 paper
Easily compare tests to tests
Shows movement of success and failure
Compare current year to previous years.
Purpose of Pareto Chart
 To identify frequency
of events.
 Rate events
frequency from
greatest to least.
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Track Student Progress
with a Run Chart
Gathering Data
 Step 1: Gather your data.
 For example, the total number of correct answers by a class on a given
series of spelling or math tests.
Total the correct number of answers for your 20 students on a series of tests.
20 students x 20 items per test = 400 total possible answers.
Test 1
Test 2
Test 3
Test 4
Test 5
Test 6
Test 7
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350 answers
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400 answers
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Enter the Data in a Spreadsheet
Open a new worksheet in Excel
Enter your data:
Making the Run Chart
Highlight the data
‘To highlight, Click cell A2 and then
hold the left mouse button down
as you drag the cursor down
to last cell’
A2
Last Cell
Open the Chart Wizard
Click the Chart Wizard
Step 1 of the Chart Wizard
Click the type ‘Line’ and then ‘Next’
Step 2 of the Chart Wizard
Type “Total Number of Correct Answers”
next to Name:
Click ‘Next’
Step 3 of the Chart Wizard
Label your graph
Step 4 of the Chart Wizard
Click whether to have your chart be an
object in your worksheet or a separate
worksheet.
Click ‘Finish’
Here is the Run Chart
Increase Student Learning
with a Histogram Chart
Data Collection Using Vocabulary Quizzes
Make a list of the vocabulary that students
need to learn for background knowledge for
the entire year (example: 100 words).
Write each word on a separate index card
and place them in a fish bowl.
Give a quiz bi-weekly on a sampling of words
pulled randomly from the fish bowl.
The sampling should equal the square root
of the total number of words (example: the
square root of 100 is 10).
Quiz
Give the quiz.
Put the results in an Excel Spreadsheet.
Create a bar graph (Histogram) to
illustrate your results.
Share and discuss your results with the
class.
Creating a Histogram Chart
in Excel
Entering Data into Excel.
Open a new
worksheet in
Excel.
Enter your
data.
Highlight Data
To highlight, click Cell A1, then hold the
left mouse down as you drag the cursor
down to the last data cell in the column.
A1
Last data cell
Click on the Chart Wizard
Click ‘Next’, then Click
‘Next’ again..
Type in Chart Titles
Bi-Weekly Quiz 1
Scores
Number of Students
Click Next.
Choosing your Chart Location:
If you choose the default As object in: it will place it
one your spreadsheet.
If you choose As new sheet: it will save it as a
separate sheet.
Click on Series 1. Press delete.
Right Click on X axis (scores)
Use the arrow keys to change the
degrees to 45. Click OK.
Finished Histogram for
Bi-Weekly Quiz 1
Scores
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Number of Students
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Feedback
Ask students.. ”How can we improve our
scores on our next quiz?”
Help the class to agree on a plan to
improve.
Continue to give a quiz every other week
throughout the school year.
Discuss the results of each quiz using
the histogram.
Finished Histogram for
Bi-Weekly Quiz 18
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Number of Students
Bi-Weekly Quiz 1
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Now choose one graph to try
on your own:
Pareto Chart
Scatter Diagram
Radar Chart
Pareto Chart Data
FCAT Errors by subtest for one student
Strand
Frequency of
Errors
Geometry
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Measurement
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Algebra
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Number Sense
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Data Analysis
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Total
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Percentage of
Errors
100%
Cumulative
Percentage
Scatter Diagram Data
Sopris-West Algebra Readiness Score vs. FCAT Level
Student Number
Algebra Score
FCAT Level
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Radar Chart Data