{"id":123361,"date":"2018-03-21T07:30:46","date_gmt":"2018-03-21T07:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/product\/uncategorized\/even-schrodinger-thinks-this-blog-is-alive-intro-to-charts-part-3\/"},"modified":"2018-04-12T12:19:34","modified_gmt":"2018-04-12T12:19:34","slug":"even-schrodinger-thinks-this-blog-is-alive-intro-to-charts-part-3","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/analytics\/analytics\/even-schrodinger-thinks-this-blog-is-alive-intro-to-charts-part-3","title":{"rendered":"Even Schrodinger thinks this blog is alive (Intro to charts, part 3)"},"author":6771,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[23341],"tags":[24311,36121,26781],"industry":[],"product":[36801,36561],"class_list":["post-123361","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-analytics","tag-analysis","tag-box-plot","tag-chart","product-insights","product-arcgis-pro"],"acf":{"short_description":"Box plots are a simple chart type that helps you to understand the distribution of your data. They also happen to have a lot in common with cats.","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><span style=\"color: steelblue;\">My human left the puzzle box out again! What a great place to have a nap. It looks like the box will fit about 50% of my data, which is the perfect size. My human knows how I love a challenge. If I put my median in here, and then fill in the first to third quartile\u2026 Perfect! Now all that\u2019s left sticking out are my whiskers. My human is going to be so happy that I found her box to sleep in. Here she comes now! Human, are you puurrrrrrrroud?<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":126881,"id":126881,"title":"CatInBox","filename":"twink2-1.png","filesize":76248,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/twink2-1.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?attachment_id=126881","alt":"Big cat in a small box","author":"6771","description":"","caption":"My beautiful cat sleeping in a box that is definitely big enough for her.","name":"twink2-2","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":126811,"date":"2018-03-26 13:10:20","modified":"2018-04-09 11:58:33","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":400,"height":290,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/twink2-1.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":154,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/twink2-1.png","medium-width":360,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/twink2-1.png","medium_large-width":400,"medium_large-height":290,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/twink2-1.png","large-width":400,"large-height":290,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/twink2-1.png","1536x1536-width":400,"1536x1536-height":290,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/twink2-1.png","2048x2048-width":400,"2048x2048-height":290,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/twink2-1.png","card_image-width":400,"card_image-height":290,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/twink2-1.png","wide_image-width":400,"wide_image-height":290}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>Box plots (also called box-and-whisker plots) are my favorite type of chart.\u00a0 Not because they are more intuitive than other charts or because they use special combinations of data, it\u2019s because they make me think of kittens.\u00a0 And I love kittens. It\u2019s ok if you\u2019re more of a dog person; they have whiskers, too.<\/p>\n<p>Box plots are also super functional, especially if you want to get a sense of the distribution of your data. \u00a0Keep reading this blog if you want an educational experience that includes cute pictures of cats.<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: steelblue;\">What is a box plot?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>A box plot is a chart that shows the distribution of numeric data, either for an entire dataset or for each unique value from a categorical variable.\u00a0 Therefore, a box plot can be made either with one number field, or with one number and one string field.<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: steelblue;\">Anatomy of a box plot<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Box plots are quite easy to interpret as long as you know what you\u2019re looking at.\u00a0 This diagram will help you wrap your head around box plots.\u00a0 Please note that the box plot is meant for demonstrating labels, and is not drawn to a realistic scale.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":126851,"id":126851,"title":"Box plot diagram","filename":"Cat-diagram2.png","filesize":136681,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Cat-diagram2.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?attachment_id=126851","alt":"Box plot diagram","author":"6771","description":"","caption":"","name":"cat-diagram2","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":126811,"date":"2018-03-26 13:10:10","modified":"2018-03-26 13:19:41","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":500,"height":387,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Cat-diagram2.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":165,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Cat-diagram2.png","medium-width":337,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Cat-diagram2.png","medium_large-width":500,"medium_large-height":387,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Cat-diagram2.png","large-width":500,"large-height":387,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Cat-diagram2.png","1536x1536-width":500,"1536x1536-height":387,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Cat-diagram2.png","2048x2048-width":500,"2048x2048-height":387,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Cat-diagram2.png","card_image-width":500,"card_image-height":387,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Cat-diagram2.png","wide_image-width":500,"wide_image-height":387}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><span style=\"color: steelblue;\">Box<\/span> \u2013 The range of data between the 1<sup>st<\/sup> and 3<sup>rd<\/sup> quartiles. 50% of the data lies within this range. The range between the 1<sup>st<\/sup> and 3<sup>rd<\/sup> quartile is also known as the Inter Quartile Range (IQR)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: steelblue;\">Whisker<\/span> \u2013 The range of data less than the 1<sup>st<\/sup> quartile or greater than the 3<sup>rd<\/sup> quartile.\u00a0 Each whisker has 25% of the data. Whiskers normally cannot be more than 1.5 times IQR, which sets the threshold for outliers.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: steelblue;\">Maximum<\/span> \u2013 The largest value in the dataset, or the largest value that is not outside the threshold set by the whiskers.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: steelblue;\">3<sup>rd<\/sup> Quartile<\/span> \u2013 The value where 75% of the data is less than the value and 25% of the data is greater than the value.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: steelblue;\">Median<\/span> \u2013 The middle number in the dataset.\u00a0 Half of the numbers are greater than the median and half are less than the median. The median can also be called the 2<sup>nd<\/sup> quartile.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: steelblue;\">1<sup>st<\/sup> Quartile<\/span> &#8211; The value where 25% of the data is less than the value and 75% of the data is greater than the value.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: steelblue;\">Minimum<\/span> \u2013 The smallest value in the dataset, or the smallest value that is not outside of the threshold set by the whiskers.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: steelblue;\">Outliers<\/span> \u2013 Data values that are higher or lower than the limits set by the whiskers.<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: steelblue;\">Why use a box plot?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>So now you know what a box plot looks like, but why would you want to use one? Box plots are the best type of chart to use when you want to see the range and distribution of your dataset, or if you want to compare the distributions between categories.\u00a0 Box plots make it easy to compare the minimum and maximum values, the size of the IQR, and the location of the median value.<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: steelblue;\">How do box plots work?<\/span><\/h2>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"sidebar","content":"<p>Missed the blog on bar charts? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/insights\/analytics\/three-statisticians-walk-into-a-bar-intro-to-charts-part-2\/\">Read it now<\/a>!<\/p>\n","image_reference":false,"layout":"standard","image_reference_figure":"","snippet":"","spotlight_name":"","section_title":"","position":"Left","spotlight_image":false},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>Like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/insights\/analytics\/three-statisticians-walk-into-a-bar-intro-to-charts-part-2\/\">bar charts<\/a>, box plots can show numerical data for unique categories.\u00a0 However, that\u2019s about where the similarity ends.\u00a0 Rather than showing a single number value, box plots show the entire distribution of the data, which gives you a lot more information about your categories.<\/p>\n<p>Once again I\u2019ll start you off with some fictional raw data where the depth of lakes has been measured in meters.\u00a0 A few weeks have passed, though, so there are more measurements this time, including in a third lake.<\/p>\n<p>Here is an example of the raw data that was collected in Lakes A, B, and C:<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":126871,"id":126871,"title":"Box plot data","filename":"table.png","filesize":3583,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/table.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?attachment_id=126871","alt":"Box plot data","author":"6771","description":"","caption":"","name":"table","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":126811,"date":"2018-03-26 13:10:16","modified":"2018-03-26 13:19:41","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":221,"height":594,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/table.png","thumbnail-width":74,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/table.png","medium-width":97,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/table.png","medium_large-width":221,"medium_large-height":594,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/table.png","large-width":221,"large-height":594,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/table.png","1536x1536-width":221,"1536x1536-height":594,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/table.png","2048x2048-width":221,"2048x2048-height":594,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/table.png","card_image-width":173,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/table.png","wide_image-width":221,"wide_image-height":594}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>A box plot does not show every individual value from the raw table on the plot, but it will show the full range of data and give information about the distribution. Here are the values that will be shown on the box plot using the example data:<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":126841,"id":126841,"title":"Box plot summary","filename":"box-plot-summary.png","filesize":3137,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/box-plot-summary.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?attachment_id=126841","alt":"Box plot summary","author":"6771","description":"","caption":"","name":"box-plot-summary","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":126811,"date":"2018-03-26 13:10:04","modified":"2018-03-26 13:19:41","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":441,"height":154,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/box-plot-summary.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":74,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/box-plot-summary.png","medium-width":441,"medium-height":154,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/box-plot-summary.png","medium_large-width":441,"medium_large-height":154,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/box-plot-summary.png","large-width":441,"large-height":154,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/box-plot-summary.png","1536x1536-width":441,"1536x1536-height":154,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/box-plot-summary.png","2048x2048-width":441,"2048x2048-height":154,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/box-plot-summary.png","card_image-width":441,"card_image-height":154,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/box-plot-summary.png","wide_image-width":441,"wide_image-height":154}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>This table is included to demonstrate how the values for the box plot are chosen.\u00a0 When you create a box plot, you will simply use the raw data table and the software will calculate the values for the plot.<\/p>\n<p>Here is the box plot that was created in Insights for ArcGIS using the raw data:<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":126831,"id":126831,"title":"Box plot example","filename":"box-plot.png","filesize":4262,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/box-plot.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?attachment_id=126831","alt":"Box plot example","author":"6771","description":"","caption":"","name":"box-plot","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":126811,"date":"2018-03-26 13:10:00","modified":"2018-03-26 13:19:41","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":505,"height":400,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/box-plot.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":169,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/box-plot.png","medium-width":330,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/box-plot.png","medium_large-width":505,"medium_large-height":400,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/box-plot.png","large-width":505,"large-height":400,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/box-plot.png","1536x1536-width":505,"1536x1536-height":400,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/box-plot.png","2048x2048-width":505,"2048x2048-height":400,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/box-plot.png","card_image-width":505,"card_image-height":400,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/box-plot.png","wide_image-width":505,"wide_image-height":400}},"image_position":"right","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>Take a minute to examine the box plot.\u00a0 What information can you gather from it?<\/p>\n<p>First, look at the median for each lake. <span style=\"color: #000000;\">The median is lowest for Lake B and highest for Lake C. The median for Lake A is between the other two, but closer to Lake B. Next notice the range of the values using both the size of the box and the full length from minimum to maximum. Lake C has the largest IQR and the largest full range.<span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">\u00a0 <\/span>It is also the only lake with an outlier. It is clear from the box plot that the depth of water in Lake C is extremely variable. Lake A has almost the same range as Lake C, minus the outlier. However, the IQR for Lake A is smaller than that of Lake C and the orientation is more central within the range of depths.<span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">\u00a0 <\/span>The whiskers in Lake A are about the same length, whereas for Lake C the top whisker is much smaller than the bottom.<span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">\u00a0 <\/span>The top and bottom whisker each contain 25% of the data points, so there were the same number of data points measured with a depth of 6 to 6.5 meters as there were 0.5 to 3.5 meters.<span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">\u00a0 <\/span>From looking at these box plots it seems possible that Lake A and B have similar depths, but Lake A has more gradual slopes, whereas Lake C has small areas with large changes in depth. Lake B has a more compact range than the other lakes, which implies that the depth is more uniform within that lake.<span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">\u00a0 <\/span>It\u2019s important to note too that these assumptions are based on proper sampling techniques including random sampling.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: steelblue;\">I want to know more!<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Did you love learning about box plots?\u00a0 You can learn more about charts from the rest of my series:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: steelblue;\">Overview<\/span> \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/analytics\/theres-a-chart-for-that-intro-to-charts-part-1\/\">There&#8217;s a chart for that<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: steelblue;\">Bar charts<\/span> \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/insights\/analytics\/three-statisticians-walk-into-a-bar-intro-to-charts-part-2\/\">Three statisticians walk into a bar<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: steelblue;\">Histograms<\/span> \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/insights\/analytics\/intro-to-charts-part-4\/\">A normal chart used with a lot of frequency<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: steelblue;\">Scatter plots<\/span>\u2013 Coming soon!<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":126861,"id":126861,"title":"Small cat, big box","filename":"Libby2.jpg","filesize":21208,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Libby2.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?attachment_id=126861","alt":"Small cat, big box","author":"6771","description":"","caption":"Sometimes tiny cats like big boxes","name":"libby2","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":126811,"date":"2018-03-26 13:10:14","modified":"2018-03-26 13:19:41","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":400,"height":514,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Libby2.jpg","thumbnail-width":156,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Libby2.jpg","medium-width":203,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Libby2.jpg","medium_large-width":400,"medium_large-height":514,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Libby2.jpg","large-width":400,"large-height":514,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Libby2.jpg","1536x1536-width":400,"1536x1536-height":514,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Libby2.jpg","2048x2048-width":400,"2048x2048-height":514,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Libby2.jpg","card_image-width":362,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Libby2.jpg","wide_image-width":400,"wide_image-height":514}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h2><span style=\"color: steelblue;\">Resources<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Insights for ArcGIS &#8211; 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When I was a student they were often the first charts that I made in my analysis, especially if I was unfamiliar with my data or unsure what type of analysis I wanted to perform.\u00a0 Interestingly, though, I rarely ever used them in my final reports, in part because I could use other chart types to show the same information, plus some extra.\u00a0 That\u2019s not to say that bar charts aren\u2019t going to be an important part of your final report, though.\u00a0 Which charts you choose to use will be entirely dependent on the type of data you have, the information you want to learn from your data, and the information you want to communicate to others.\n<h2><span style=\"color: steelblue\">How do bar charts work?<\/span><\/h2>\nBar charts are used when you want to compare a single number across categories.\u00a0 I know I've said that a lot already, but it's important to know exactly what you're doing when you're trying to make effective data visualizations. When I say \"a single number\" that does not mean that your data has to be set up with a single number value for each category.\u00a0 In fact, normally your data will have multiple number values per category and the bar chart will be made by aggregating those numbers.\n\nHere's an example of some raw data that you may use to create a bar chart:\n\n<img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-97552\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Table.png\" alt=\"Raw data example\" width=\"221\" height=\"234\" \/>\n\nIn this example, data was collected in two lakes: Lake A and Lake B.\u00a0 The data that was collected for these fictional lakes included the depth of the water in meters in randomly selected locations across the lakes, which is why there are multiple depth values for each lake.\n\nWhen you create a bar chart from a data table like the one above, the chart does not have a bar for each individual row.\u00a0 Instead, the data is aggregated for each unique category so that there is a single number value for each category.\u00a0 The possibilities for aggregating data will depend on the data that is collected, but will generally include counts, averages, sums, minimums, and maximums. In this example, there are two ways that the data could be aggregated:\n\n<img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-98625\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Table3.png\" alt=\"Lake data aggregated by count and average depth\" width=\"449\" height=\"74\" \/>\n\nOf course, it would be possible to calculate the sum, minimum, or maximum values, but given the scenario and data collection method those choices don't really make sense.\n\nNote that this step of creating new aggregated tables will not be required when you create a chart using ArcGIS software.\u00a0 All you will have to do is select the fields you want to use and the software will do the aggregation for you. Here is the result when I open my original table in Insights for ArcGIS and create a\u00a0bar chart using Lake and Depth (m):\n\n<img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-98623\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Lakes_Chart3.png\" alt=\"Average depth of lake A and B\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" \/>\n<h2><span style=\"color: steelblue\">I want to know more!<\/span><\/h2>\nAre you enthralled by this explanation of bar charts?\u00a0 You can learn more about charts from the rest of my series:\n\n<span style=\"color: steelblue\">Overview<\/span> \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.esri.com\/esri\/arcgis\/2018\/02\/16\/intro-to-charts-part-1\/\">There's a chart for that<\/a>\n\n<span style=\"color: steelblue\">Box plots<\/span> \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.esri.com\/esri\/arcgis\/2018\/03\/21\/intro-to-charts-part-3\/\">Even Schrodinger thinks this blog is alive<\/a>\n\n<span style=\"color: steelblue\">Histograms<\/span> \u2013 Coming soon!\n\n<span style=\"color: steelblue\">Scatter plots<\/span> \u2013 Coming soon!\n<h2><span style=\"color: steelblue\">Resources<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n\t<li>Insights for ArcGIS - <a href=\"http:\/\/doc.arcgis.com\/en\/insights\/online\/create\/bar-chart.htm\">Bar charts<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li>Insights for ArcGIS - <a href=\"http:\/\/doc.arcgis.com\/en\/insights\/online\/create\/column-chart.htm\">Column charts<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li>ArcGIS Pro - <a href=\"https:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/help\/analysis\/geoprocessing\/charts\/bar-chart.htm\">Bar charts<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"color: steelblue\">Photo credit<\/span><\/h2>\nSorry, we just can't trust you bar graph - From <a href=\"http:\/\/weknowmemes.com\/2011\/12\/sorry-we-just-cant-trust-you-bar-graph\/\">WeKnowMemes<\/a>","post_title":"Three statisticians walk into a bar (Intro to charts, part 2)","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"three-statisticians-walk-into-a-bar-intro-to-charts-part-2","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2018-04-12 12:21:14","post_modified_gmt":"2018-04-12 12:21:14","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/product\/uncategorized\/three-statisticians-walk-into-a-bar-intro-to-charts-part-2\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"blog","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":127011,"post_author":"6771","post_date":"2018-04-10 11:37:14","post_date_gmt":"2018-04-10 11:37:14","post_content":"","post_title":"A normal chart used with a lot of frequency (Intro to charts, part 4)","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"intro-to-charts-part-4","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2018-04-12 17:33:00","post_modified_gmt":"2018-04-12 17:33:00","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&#038;p=127011","menu_order":0,"post_type":"blog","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/BoxPlotCard.png","wide_image":false,"authors":[{"ID":6771,"user_firstname":"Vicki","user_lastname":"Cove","nickname":"Vicki Cove","user_nicename":"vickilynncove","display_name":"Vicki Lynn Cove","user_email":"VCove@esri.com","user_url":"","user_registered":"2018-03-02 00:18:48","user_description":"Vicki Lynn Cove is a documentation writer for Map Viewer analysis and ArcGIS Insights at Esri's Research and Development Centre in Ottawa, Canada. 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