Describe bar charts - Essay Example

Reading Bar Charts 1998 World Clothing Sales This bar chart is a representation of the sales trend of clothing items during the year of 1998; the X axis represents the quarters of the year 1998, and the Y axis represents the number of clothing items sold during the year (Tan 165). The graph shows that during the 1st quarter the number of clothing items sold during 1998 were 75 units, but the figure declines in the next two quarters to 65 and 55 units, and then an increase in the sales figure was witnessed in the fourth quarter.

During the same period, Europe experienced an increase in sale during the third quarter while a decline was witnessed in the first two quarters, and then in the last quarter the sales declined again. In the same period, sales in US remained almost equal throughout the year, and an insignificant decline was experienced during 3rd and 4th quarter.1998 World Clothing Sales Percentage This bar chart is a representation of buying behavior of clothes among teenagers and adult men and women during the period of 1998 in terms of percentage.

During the 1st quarter of 1998 the total purchases of clothing items made by teenagers was between 40 to 45 percent; this figure experienced a decline in the second quarter, but continued to rise during the 3rd and the 4th quarters. The percentage of the 3rd quarter was less than the percentage of the 1st quarter, but the percentage of the 4th quarter exceeded the percentage of the 1st quarter. In case of adult men, the percentage of sales was nearly 25%; this figure continued to rise during the next two quarters but declined significantly during the last quarter.

In case of adult women, the 1st quarter experienced a sale of women clothing of more than 30 percent; later, the figure continued to decline and rose significantly during the last quarter from the figure of 20%+ of the 3rd quarter to 40% in the 4th quarter.Travel expenses This bar chart represents travel expenses incurred during the months starting from January and ending in June. Food expenses incurred, as a part of travelling expenses, experienced an increase during the month of March and were at the lowest end during the months of January and May.

The highest amount of money was spent on Gasoline during the period of March, and the lowest amount of expenditure on gasoline was experienced during the month of April. In case of Motel expenses, the biggest amount of money was spent during February and the smallest amount of expenditure was recorded during January and April. 1997 Production and Distribution costs compared to Final Profit This figure is a representation of a comparison between the production and distribution cost with the final profit obtained by an organization during the period starting from 1994 and ending in 1997.

During 1994, the final profit was higher than the cost of production and distribution, and during 1995, the cost of production and distribution were very high as compared to the final profits; during 1996, the production and distribution cost were $26 million each, and the profit was $19 million while during the year 1997, the production and distribution cost were much higher than the profits. Works CitedTan, Joseph K. H., and Samuel Barry Sheps. Health decision support systems. Gaithersburg, Md.

: Aspen Publishers, 1998. Print.