Steps on

how to
make
Vertical
Bar Graph
By Johaina Nor
What is an Vertical Bar
Graph?
Vertical bar graph. Data
displayed using vertical
bars. The vertical bars have
lengths that are
proportional to quantities
they represent. It is usually
used when one axis cannot
have a numerical scale.
 How to
make a
? Vertical
Bar
Graph?
 1. Collect your
data
The first thing you have to do is
to collect all of your data.
Remember that a bar graph
should show a comparison among
categories. Let's say your goal is
the population by country. Once
you have this data, you can begin
to draw the graph.
 2. Give the title of the
bar graph
Example:
Population By Country
1
0.8
0.6
0.4 Series 1
0.2
0
 2. Draw an x and
y-axis
This will look like a large "L" shape.
Bar charts are often drawn when one
set of data is expressed as a set of
categories (which can be periods of
time), in which case this set will be
the base. The other axis will be
values (sales, costs, grades, scores,
production amounts, other
quantities, etc.) for the base
categories, groups or periods.
Y- Example:
axis

Population By Country

X- axis
 3. Label the x-axis
Example:

P Population by
o 1,600,000,000 Country
p 1,400,000,000
u 1,200,000,000
l 1,000,000,000
a 800,000,000
t 600,000,000
i 400,000,000
X- axis
o 200,000,000
n 0

Country
 4. Label the y-axis
Example:

Y-axis Population by Country

P
o
p
u
l
a
t
i
o
n

Country
 5. Draw your bars

Extend the base you have marked

on the bottom axis to the horizontal
line labelled with the value of that
bar. If the value falls between two
lines, approximate where the correct
value would lie. Notice that bars are
normally separated (not continuous),
as they are comparing the value of
different but comparable events,
unless this is a distribution.
Example:
bars
P
o
p
u
l 1,600,000,000
a 1,400,000,000
1,200,000,000
t 1,000,000,000
i 800,000,000
600,000,000
o 400,000,000
n 200,000,000
0

Country
 6. Interpret the
data
Now that you've made your bar
graph, you can have a better
sense of the data because you
can visualize it. Now you can take
a step back and take a look at the
important aspects of this data.
Here are some things to look for:
Outliers. Outliers are the pieces
of data that fall outside the range
of normal data that you gathered.
Gaps. Look for gaps between the
data.
Frequency. See if there's an
amount that is frequently
occurring.
Clusters. Look for clusters of data.
P
o
p
u 1,600,000,000
l 1,400,000,000
a 1,200,000,000
1,000,000,000
t
800,000,000
i 600,000,000
o 400,000,000
n 200,000,000
0

Country
 Thank
you for
listening!
Group 3ree- Vertical bar graph
Johaina Nor
Princess Maja Dalinding
Elly Mae Buliag
Chan Vincent Pareno
Rafael Abellera
Renz Karl Pelaez
Princess Ella Osnan
Jame Rutherford Goyon