Foundation Skills in Data Skills

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Foundation Skills in Data Skills
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Table of Contents
Introduction:...............................................................................................................................2
Part-A.........................................................................................................................................2
Part B:.........................................................................................................................................5
Tabular Presentation...............................................................................................................5
Graphical presentation...........................................................................................................7
Conclusion................................................................................................................................12

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Introduction:
An annual report is contained with brief information about operations and financial
conditions. The report is published by the organisation itself in a particular time of the year.
The organisations usually publish it once or twice in a year. The information is given in the
form of data and statistics, which uses proper table, charts and graphs for visualisation. The
table and charts are intelligible and very easy to understand and easy to transform the data
into visualisation. There are various types of charts or graphs with specific characteristics,
which are used according to the type and nature of information.
The report is divided into Part- A and Part-B. Part-A contains the visualization criteria
which is a crucial part in analysing data. Part-B contains the report of Australia’s Tourism
and Transport Forum named Tourism: Supercharging Australia’s Future. The paper has used
the data visualisation through the graphs, charts and tables to present the outcomes to the
people (Tourism: Supercharging Australia’s Future, 2018). Tourism in Australia is major part
of the Australian economy. The contribution of tourism in Australia’s GDP was 3.0% in the
financial year 2014/15 and contributed AUS$47.5 billion to the economy.
Part-A
Data visualisation helps to communicate information efficiently through the use of
statistical tables, graphs and plots. This encoded the data using dot, bar and line for effective
visualization and helps the user of the report to understand and analyse the data and evidence.
For presentation of any graphs or plots or table, specific criteria needs to be followed in order
to analyse properly (Duquia et al. 2014). Raw data is represented in an organised manner in
the tables. Usually, tables usually contain the statistics of variables to interpret the quality and
robustness of the data (Hudson, 2015). This presents a huge amount of information, which
can also help to interpret the small parts. Graphical representation visualises the data by using

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the charts and graphs or plots. There are a number of common as well as complicated charts
and plots that are in regular use in the graphical representation according to the nature of the
data. However, every graphs and plots have their own specific feature. A horizontal bar chart
presents categorical data with specific lengths of bar. Length of these bars present the value
of the variable and it is proportional to the values of that variable. Stacked bar charts presents
bars for comparison between categorical data with segments. The segments show the
different parts of the bar (Heiberger and Robbins 2014). Line Chart presents the information
as a series of points. The points are known as markers that are connected by straight line.
Some important and major criterions of the above mentioned table and graphs are discussed
below:
Tabular Charts:
1. For comparison variables are placed in the column for effective analysis.
2. Rows of a table contain the categorical variables for analysis.
3. Units should be mentioned, which is used in measurement.
4. Table does not contain explanation for the information.
5. In comparative analysis, tabular presentation is very useful.
Graphical Presentation:
6. Vertical axis presents dependent variable and the horizontal axis presents the
independent variable.
7. Intervals are equal for all two consecutive labels.
8. Value of a variable begins from zero.
These are the common features for every graph and chart. Besides, there are specific
criterions for every chart.
Horizontal Bar Chart: