Option 2: Alternative Assignment
Your first day of interning in the Horizons Medical Center has you working in the HR department. The department supervisor has asked that you combine information from a Microsoft Office survey distributed to a few hospital departments. The supervisor believes that the information will be better explained using charts.
Create a spreadsheet from the data below and generate two charts to visually represent the data. The chart types should be:
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Pie Chart in 3D – Depicting only the Excel users
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3D Clustered Column Chart – Comparing all software used per department
Cardiology | Dermatology | Neurology | Human Resources | Purchasing | |
Excel | 35 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 35 |
Word | 15 | 35 | 17 | 15 | 10 |
PowerPoint | 17 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 3 |
Access® | 17 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 15 |
Publisher® | 1 | 15 | 22 | 15 | 25 |
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