Exp22_Excel_Ch03_ML2_Grades

Exp22 Excel Ch03 ML2 Grades

Excel Chapter 3 Mid-Level 2 – Grade Analysis 

Project Description:

As Dr. Dae Jeong’s teaching assistant, you maintain their gradebook for the ACC 200 Financial Accounting class. Dr. Jeong wants you to create a pie chart that shows the percentage of students who earn each letter grade. You will also create a bar chart to show a sample of the students’ test scores. Furthermore, Dr. Jeong wants to see if a correlation exists between attendance and students’ final grades; therefore, you will create a scatter chart depicting each student’s percentage of attendance with their respective final grade average.

Start Excel. Download and open   the file named Exp22_Excel_Ch03_ML2_Grades.xlsx.   Grader has automatically added your last name to the beginning of the   filename.

A pie chart is an effective way   to visually illustrate the percentage of the class that earned A, B, C, D,   and F grades.
 

  Use the Insert tab to create a pie chart from the Final Grade Distribution   data located below the student data in the range F35:G39 and move the pie   chart to its own sheet named Distribution.

You should enter a chart title   to describe the purpose of the chart. You will customize the pie chart to   focus on particular slices.
 

  •Apply the Style 12 chart style.
  •Type ACC   200 Final Grades: Fall 2024 for the chart title.
  •Explode the A grade slice by 7%.
  •Change the F grade slice to Dark Red.
  •Remove the legend.

A best practice is to add Alt   Text for accessibility compliance.
 

  Add Alt Text: Most students earned B and C grades. (including the period).

You want to add data labels to   indicate the category and percentage of the class that earned each letter   grade.
 

  Add data labels in the Inside End position. Select data label options to   display Percentage and Category Name. Remove the Values data labels.

Apply 18-pt size and apply   Black, Text 1 font color to the data labels.

You want to create a bar chart   to depict grades for a sample of the students in the class.
 

  Create a clustered bar chart using the ranges A5:D5 and A18:D23 in the Grades   worksheet. Move the bar chart to its own sheet named Sample Scores.

Customize the bar chart with   these specifications:
  · Style 5 chart style
  · Legend on the right side in 11 pt font size
  · Light Gradient – Accent 2 fill color for the plot area

The chart needs a descriptive   title.
 

  Type Sample   Student Test Scores for   the chart title.

Displaying the exact scores   would help clarify the data in the chart.
 

  Add data labels in the Outside End position for all data series. Format the   Final Exam data series with Blue-Gray, Text 2 fill color.
 

The student names display in   reverse alphabetical order on the category axis. You want to display the   names in alphabetical order, format the axis, and add Alt Text.
 

  Select the category axis and display the categories in reverse order in the   Format Axis task pane so that O’Hair   is listed at the top and Sager is   listed at the bottom of the bar chart.
 

  Select the category axis and change the font size to 12.
 

  Add Alt Text: Quinn earned the highest scores on all tests. (including the period).

You want to create a scatter   chart to see if the combination of attendance and final averages are related.
 

  Display the Grades worksheet. Select the range E5:F31 and create a scatter   chart. Cut the chart and paste it in cell A42. Set a height of 5.96″ and a width of 5.5″.

Add Alt Text: The scatter   chart shows the relationship between final grades and attendance. (including the period).

Titles will help people   understand what is being plotted in the horizontal and vertical axes, as well   as the overall chart purpose.
 

  Make sure the scatter chart is selected. Type Final Average-Attendance Relationship as the chart title and bold the   title. Type Percentage of Attendance as the primary horizontal axis   title, and type Student Final Averages as the primary vertical axis   title.

To distinguish the points   better, you can start the plotting at 40 rather than 0. Make sure the scatter   chart is selected.
 

  Apply these settings to the vertical axis of the scatter chart:
40 minimum bound, 100 maximum bound, 10 major units, and Number format   with 0 decimal places.

Make sure the scatter chart is   selected. Apply these settings to the horizontal axis: 40 minimum bound, 100 maximum bound, automatic units.   

Adding a fill to the plot area   will add a touch of color to the chart.
 

  Make sure the scatter chart is selected. Add the Parchment texture fill to   the plot area.

You want to insert a trendline   to determine trends.
 

  Make sure the scatter chart is selected and insert a linear trendline chart   element.

You want to add sparklines to   detect trends for each student.
 

  Insert Column sparklines in the range H5:H31 using data in the range B6:D31   on the Grades sheet. Display the Low Point. Set the Vertical Axis Minimum and   Maximum Values to be the same for all sparklines.

To make the Sparklines more   effective and easier to read, you will increase the row height.
 

  Change the row height to 22 for rows 6 through 31.

Save and close Exp22_Excel_Ch03_ML2_Grades.xlsx. Exit   Excel. Submit the file as directed.