Naming Basics Best practice recommendations are to create a chart placing independent variables on the horizontal, x-axis and dependent variables on the vertical, y-axis.

Graphs in Microsoft Excel typically chart time on the horizontal axis. Time is the independent variable in most relationships and dependent variables appear on the vertical axis. Some charts ...

Want to know how to create a scatter plot in Excel? Here's a guide on how we created a simple chart based on performance numbers.

You can make a bar graph in Excel by first selecting the range you want to depict, and then using the dropdown menu to select the desired chart.

We discuss a comment on a previous post stating that the text of labels on the vertical axis of graphs must be horizontal by discussing the pros and cons of four possible positions for these labels.

If you have uneven distribution of data in your Excel chart, here is a better way to change the automatic axis settings.

This technique lets you build an Excel chart that shares supportive information in series form.

Slide 1 of 9, A graph showing the x axis and y axis increasing in units of one from zero to eight, intersecting with each other at zero comma zero., A pair of axes, labelled 𝒙 and 𝒚.

The translation of graphs is explored A translation is a movement of the graph either horizontally parallel to the x -axis or vertically parallel to the y -axis.