Statistics question: is it possible to test sets of cumulative data for significant differences in rate? [more inside]
posted by rollick on Nov 4, 2009 - 9 answers

How do you animate a parameter in the OSX Grapher utility? [more inside]
posted by b1tr0t on Nov 1, 2009 - 3 answers

What free software (or adroit use of SmartDraw or basic MS Office products) provides a template for making pretty continuum figures/charts for inclusion in a Word document? [more inside]
posted by Clyde Mnestra on Jul 28, 2009 - 3 answers

Looking to purchase some awesome linguistics-related posters. I've searched for hours on the internet and I can't seem to find any family tree posters, IPA posters, or even anything remotely related to linguistics that is interesting and somewhat academic. [more inside]
posted by iamkimiam on May 28, 2009 - 8 answers

Is there an American College Radio singles chart? [more inside]
posted by hayeled on May 26, 2009 - 9 answers

How to make clever visualizations from Excel or CSV data? Any free, flexible information-graphic scripting software out there? [more inside]
posted by anthill on Feb 23, 2009 - 10 answers

I want to propose to my manager a system/software/configuration to dynamically graph data but I don't know what the technical terms are or what software can do this kind of thing. I need your advice. [more inside]
posted by kenzi23 on Jan 27, 2009 - 4 answers

Looking for a compact Chinese character frequency chart with English pronunciation key for Cantonese. [more inside]
posted by querty on Jan 5, 2009 - 0 answers

Looking for a easy to follow chart for pairing of pasta sauces and types/shapes of pasta (preferably a visual guide). [more inside]
posted by MiltonRandKalman on Jan 4, 2009 - 5 answers

What's the best way to produce a graph like this in Excel? (Or should I be using a different graphing package?)
posted by TrashyRambo on Dec 30, 2008 - 4 answers

I have a large vintage (1920s era) anatomical chart hanging in my bedroom. The edges have been gradually curling under. Anybody have ideas how to flatten it without doing any damage?
posted by Zebtron on Dec 21, 2008 - 7 answers

How can I make the X units of an excel chart weeks instead of days? [more inside]
posted by squorch on Nov 6, 2008 - 4 answers

Where can I find a freeware or shareware download for Mac OS X that will allow me to plug in numerical data (e.g., public library funding in a given year) for each U.S. State and get a map of the USA that displays color-coded states? Like the infamous red / blue states map, which also has county breakdowns. [more inside]
posted by bad grammar on Oct 28, 2008 - 5 answers

How can I create a chart in Excel 2007 showing the number of times a certain value occurs in a column? [more inside]
posted by niles on Oct 20, 2008 - 7 answers

I am tasked with preparing a multi-category, filterable timeline as a work project. I think Access is probably the best way to do this, but I need some help with the mechanics, or suggestions on where to find a template. [more inside]
posted by Inkoate on Oct 11, 2008 - 1 answer

Help me recreate these charts in Excel [more inside]
posted by Frank Grimes on May 20, 2008 - 8 answers

I'm using Microsoft Excel 2003 at work and I need to make a chart where the category (x) axis is the y axis; is there any way of doing this? [more inside]
posted by Rustbeard on Apr 30, 2008 - 5 answers

How do I add x and y axis labels to a chart in Excel 2008 for Macs? [more inside]
posted by peacheater on Feb 15, 2008 - 2 answers

What is the best application (hopefully easy to learn) that will let me build an easy to create timeline of religions, myths, and cults, with the option to click on (or hover the mouse over) different highlighted words to show up more information? Or does anyone know where said timeline exists? [more inside]
posted by omnigut on Jan 20, 2008 - 9 answers

If I have the data "A is friends with B, B is dating C, C is cousin of A, D is old schoolmate of B" etc, how can I easily make a chart of everyone's connections to each other? This should preferably be software, as trying to map it out manually is way too timeconsuming and difficult.
posted by divabat on Dec 13, 2007 - 16 answers

For an assignment in college, I need to cough up a sales promotion strategy for a bogus product, complete with a media and planning chart to outline timing and integration. Since the prof has not supplied any chart templates for the class, and I don't have all day to wait for her email reply, where on the internets might I find said chart to coordinate all these activities in a sane manner? [more inside]
posted by survivorman on Dec 5, 2007 - 0 answers

Excel 2007 charting: Can you tell me how to use the name of a point as the data marker or the data label in an X-Y scatter plot? [more inside]
posted by muhonnin on Nov 28, 2007 - 4 answers

Are there any free online tools for generating radar (aka radial, spider, star) graphs/charts? [more inside]
posted by cortex on Jul 27, 2007 - 1 answer

I need to spec out a huge, complex application in UML. I'm looking for good tools/techniques to do this in a fluid situation, where there are a ton of classes and new ones will be added all the time. [more inside]
posted by grumblebee on Jul 26, 2007 - 11 answers

Are there any programs that allow one to draw graphs (plots/charts) using a visual interface? [more inside]
posted by lunchbox on Jun 20, 2007 - 4 answers

Can you help me find a great educational wall chart to put on our living room wall? [more inside]
posted by davar on May 23, 2007 - 29 answers

What's a cool way of doing a business flowchart? You know, one that traces the flow of transactions through the various departments of the business? Preferably something that is not too complicated nor requiring a great eye for design.
posted by limon on Mar 5, 2007 - 10 answers

Is there any easy way in, say, Visio or another MS Office product, to make an attractive chart in a compact tree view format? I am trying to make an Organization Chart that looks more similar to a Windows Explorer folder directory than a traditional Org Chart. [more inside]
posted by catfood on Feb 22, 2007 - 6 answers

Help me work out how to represent data in an innovative way. [more inside]
posted by b33j on Dec 13, 2006 - 12 answers

What is a good algorithm for generating smooth curves from discrete points? [more inside]
posted by ijoshua on Nov 9, 2006 - 8 answers

Excel question on charting time - how to make it appear relative, not absolute? [more inside]
posted by ObscureReferenceMan on Nov 6, 2006 - 5 answers

What shareware/web app can I use to make clean, pretty graphs? [more inside]
posted by EnormousTalkingOnion on Jul 18, 2006 - 10 answers

ExcelFilter: I need help creating a pie chart as a separate worksheet in Excel that counts how often values appear in a column and creates a pie graph based on that data. I'm stumped, I'm not using the right Google terms, and my company's help desk couldn't guide me through the process, either. (That sounds awkward, so I describe it more comprehensibly inside.) [more inside]
posted by WCityMike on May 19, 2006 - 9 answers

Let's say I want to make a chart that's like an excel bubble chart, but I don't want the size of the bubble to vary depending on a third variable. Instead, I want the width of each bubble to vary by some amount, and the height of each bubble to vary by a different amount. [more inside]
posted by sentient on May 15, 2006 - 2 answers

Recommendations for Chart/Graph-creation software for ASP.NET? [more inside]
posted by mkultra on Apr 25, 2006 - 2 answers

Are there any good tools out there for analyzing binary sensor data? I would like to create something like a timeline of data. [more inside]
posted by b1tr0t on Apr 24, 2006 - 7 answers

How can I better present my information than a bar graph with both very tall and very small bars? [more inside]
posted by event on Apr 1, 2006 - 12 answers

Help me with creating two bar charts from two columns in one pivot table, please? [more inside]
posted by dantodd on Mar 30, 2006 - 4 answers

Free Windows chart-making software that works with simple tab-separated data files and beats Excel's charts for options, esthetics, and readability?
posted by scarabic on Dec 29, 2005 - 7 answers

EducationalWallChart Filter. I'm looking for printable web page(s) (or, alternatively, a retail product) that show a timeline of astronomical-anthopological events like: when Big Bang occurred; when our galaxy and solar system formed; when life began; when major life forms began and ended (e.g. dinosaurs); when primates appeared; when various proto-humans appeared; when homo sapiens appeared. Must be in TimeLine form. Not something vague and basic -- needs to have lots of detail.
posted by nancoix on Dec 29, 2005 - 4 answers

I am looking for a quick and easy to use Gant Chart software... [more inside]
posted by alball on Nov 17, 2005 - 5 answers

I have a bunch of tasks I can rank by imminence, completeness, and rate of activity. Is there an interesting or useful way to visualize them rather than three sorted lists? [more inside]
posted by Firas on Oct 3, 2005 - 5 answers

I'm looking to compile some bombastic, melodic, aggressive, singular, inventive, mainstream and anthemic rap/hip hop! [more inside]
posted by fire&wings on Jul 20, 2005 - 19 answers