GDDM-PGF V2R1.3 Interactive Chart Utility
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Indexing types summary

GDDM-PGF V2R1.3 Interactive Chart Utility
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The table below tells you what to use each indexing type for, and with what charts.


 Indexing
 type
 Uses
                                       
 Charts to use
                   
 1
            
            
            
            
 Comparing shares of a changing total:
 market share, population make up.
                                       
                                       
                                       
 Bar chart
         (Stacked)
 Surface (Relative
            Data)
 Table
 2
            
            
 Comparing things of different sizes:
 market leaders against small firms,
 big and small countries.
 Line
                   
                   
 3
            
            
 Comparing things that are always
 changing: currencies, salaries, cost
 of living.
 Line
 Table
                   
 4
            
            
            
 Establishing a norm among changing
 items: comparing currencies,
 performance of shares, corporations
 and so on.
 Line
 Polar
 Table
                   


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