Chart for June 13 and final project

Increase in Percent of US Unemployment, 1929-1933

Well, this chart took me an inordinate amount of time to complete, overall.  Although the particular chart I’ve posted only took about 20 minutes to make, the overall process took an extraordinary amount of time because I attempted to adjust the scale of the y-axis so I could have a chart with a maximum of 25 percent, where that was basically the highest value that’s actually part of my data.  Formatting it in that way would have provided emphasis on how drastic the increase of unemployment was–and emphasis that’s omitted in the completed form above.  Unfortunately, the map wizard program didn’t allow for such adjustments, so whenever I’d put the maximum number in, the the scale was still adjusted to 0-100.  Consequently, the line had the exact same placement on the graph, but the 25 was located where the 100 currently is.  If left this way, the map would misrepresent the data.  There also wasn’t an option of placing titles for the x and y axes, respectively, so clarify what they represent.  So I tried to make a title that’d make it as obvious as possible.

(I just realized that, for whatever reason, the chart doesn’t appear anymore once I’ve published it.  It can also be accessed here).

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