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G337 - Lesson 4.2 Learning Task

This document provides information on five spreadsheet functions and five types of charts that can be generated. The functions described are SUM, AVERAGE, COUNT, IF, and MIN and MAX. For each function, the document explains what it performs and its parameter format. The five types of charts are also described along with the context of data suitable for each. Line charts are used to show trends over time. Column charts compare categories. Pie charts illustrate each item's contribution to a total. Bar charts show comparisons of numerous categories. Area charts illustrate changes between two or more data points.

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G337 - Lesson 4.2 Learning Task

This document provides information on five spreadsheet functions and five types of charts that can be generated. The functions described are SUM, AVERAGE, COUNT, IF, and MIN and MAX. For each function, the document explains what it performs and its parameter format. The five types of charts are also described along with the context of data suitable for each. Line charts are used to show trends over time. Column charts compare categories. Pie charts illustrate each item's contribution to a total. Bar charts show comparisons of numerous categories. Area charts illustrate changes between two or more data points.

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Lesson 4.

2 Learning Task
1. List down five different functions including what they perform and the format of
its parameters.

 SUM
The Sum function adds numerical values ranging from your choice of columns or rows from
your selected range. With this function, adding cell references, individual values, ranges, or a
mix of these three is possible.
=SUM(number1, [number2], …)
 AVERAGE
The average function calculates the average of a set of numbers which means that it computes
the sum of the set of numbers and then divides the sum or the total amount by how many cells in
the said argument (or how many numbers are being averaged).
=AVERAGE(number1, [number2], …)
 COUNT
This function counts how many numbers of cells and number of arguments that only have
numerical data/numeric values.
=COUNT(value1, [value2], …)
 If
This function helps you categorize the given data according to the given logic. In other words, it
helps you check if the condition is met or not.
=IF(logical_test, [value_if_true], [value_if_false])
 MIN and MAX
The Min function will help you ascertain which among the cell values is the lowest while the
Max function determines which one is the highest cell value included in a range of values.
=MIN(number1, [number2], …)
=MAX(number1, [number2], …)
2. Give five different types of charts that can be generated by an electronic
spreadsheet and indicate the context of the data suitable for each chart.

 Line Chart: Using line chart is very helpful especially if you want to show trends or
changes of your data over a period of time. Aside from representing changes of data over
time, line charts are also ideal in showing experiment statistics. Moreover, it (line charts)
can also illustrate continuous data over time on an evenly scaled Axis, which means, it is
perfect for showing trends in data at equal intervals (examples: months, quarters or
years). Using this type of chart in tracking multiple sets of data to see any correlation in
trends is a smart choice.
 Column Chart: Column charts are useful for comparing a single category of data
between individual sub-items (example: comparing revenue between regions). It is also a
good way of showing data changes over a period of time and for illustrating comparisons
among data due to the easiness of comparing column length. Columns charts are also
ideal to use when plotting nominal data, ordinal data, and data with a part-to-whole
relationship.
 Pie Chart: Pie charts illustrates the contribution of each data item (slice) to a total value
(overall pie). This kind of chart is ideal when: you do not plot more than seven categories
of data, you only have one series of data, and your data values are not zero or less than
zero.
 Bar Chart: Bar charts are ideal for showing comparisons of numerous categories of data.
If the number of categories is more than three, this kind of chart is great in terms of
visualizing the distribution of data items. For example, if you want to make comparisons
of the overall revenue distribution for a given set of products, using a bar chart is a smart
choice.
 Area Chart: Area charts work best when you want to illustrate the extent of change
between two or more points of data. Area chart is also ideal if you have numerous time
series data and you want to show the distribution or proportion of each data to the whole.
If you are a businessman/businesswoman who owns store and you want to make a chart
that illustrates the profit earned by each of your stores and the total profit made by all of
your stores, using area chart will surely suit for this kind of situation.
 

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