Scatter plot with a trendline
Plot two columns of numbers as a scatter chart, add a trendline, and read what the line does and does not tell you.
In this lesson
- A scatter chart draws one dot for each row, so you can see whether two sets of numbers move together.
- The first column runs along the bottom and the next column up the side.
- A trendline is a straight line through the middle of the dots.
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Where it sits in Charts
- Pick the right chart10 min
- Combo chart: columns plus a line9 min
- Secondary axis10 min
- Scatter plot with a trendlineThis lesson9 min
- Histogram10 min
- Waterfall chart9 min
The steps
9 steps: 3 explanations, 3 Do this, 3 questions, then Your turn.
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