Example of a simple bar chart of a table with one column
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Example of a simple bar chart of a table with one column
of valuesYou are a quality engineer for a tire company and you need to quantify the various causes for tire repairs in the past year. You categorize and count all the reported instances of tire failure for the year. For each cause, chart the number of tire repairs, in decreasing order.
1 Open the worksheet TIRES.MTW.
2 Choose Graph > Bar Chart.
3 From Bars represent, choose Values from a table.
4 Under One column of values, choose Simple. Click OK.
5 In Graph variables, enter Counts.
6 In Categorical variable, enter CausesA.
7 Click Bar Chart Options.
8 Under Order Main X Groups By, choose Decreasing Y. Click OK in each dialog box.
Graph window output
The most frequent cause of air loss is Puncture, followed by Valve Stem Leak, Damaged Sidewall, Valve Core Leak, Damaged Liner, and Leak From Seating.
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To see a bar's y-axis value, hover your cursor over the bar. |
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For defect data, you may want to use Stat > Quality Tools > Pareto Chart. |