Component Bar Chart

Kimberly Marie Orbeta de Leon

Georanni May Bigay Gingoyon

Component

A part of a whole

Component

Bar Chart

Rectangular bars with lengths

proportional to the values that they
represent

Component Bar Chart

A bar chart which shows within each

bar the components that make up the
bar; each component is represented
by a section proportional in size to its
representation in the total of each
bar.

Purposes

To organize, summarize and display

data clearly and effectively
To compare and analyze data set
To make generalizations about the
data quickly
To clearly see and compare how
components contribute to the whole
in different groups

Parts of a Component
Bar Chart

Data Table

LDS

MAR

TAWI

MAGUI

SULU

JOLO

GIRLS

16

20

25

20

18

26

BOYS

23

18

15

21

20

15

TOTAL

39

38

40

41

38

41

Scale

1
6

23

Bar

2
0

18

Title

25

15

2
0

21

1
8

26

20

15

Sources: Ralph Roma, Mica Hizon, Frances

Vista, Angelika Pacia, Ed Aujero, Jasmine
Tolentino

Legend

Grouped Data

Axis Label

Source

Examples

Advantages

Represents the multiple graphs in the

single graph
Easier to analyze data

Disadvantages

Data may not be accurate

Knowing the value of a component in
a bar is tedious if there is no value
given

Applications

Business
School
Population

Age (0-15, 16-60, 61-)

Gender (female, male)
Etcetera

Etcetera