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Radar charts

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Radar charts

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- [Instructor] So, one of the lesser known but really cool charts in Excel is the radar chart. Now, a radar chart is used to plot three or more quantitative variables on a two-dimensional chart, relative to a central point. So it's almost like a line chart that wraps around in a circle and connects to itself. Another way to think about it might be like a bicycle wheel, with a number of spokes associated with different dimensions or characteristics. Now, each data point would fall somewhere along those spokes where the further out from the center of the wheel, indicates more skewness towards that particular characteristic or dimension. Trust me, it'll be easier to explain once we actually have our hands on some data. Some example datasets where you might use radar charts, something like comparing test scores across multiple subjects, looking at sales of different types of vegetables by month, visualizing personality test results across subjects. The idea is to get a quick visual…

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