Ambiguous instructions/Questions in Excel

[mtshali.tl@gmail.com]

I am a tutor at a College in Johannesburg. My level 3 students (Advanced)came across the following question/ instruction from their external examination.


"Create a 3D bar (column) chart based on the years 2008 and 2009 only for each APPLIANCE"


I find the use of "bar" & "(column)" in the same line ambiguous and confusing. Which chart (type) is the examiner interested in? Is it the Bar or the Column Chart, Please help.


TL Mtshali

 

[Istiyak]

As per my view column chart is most powerful coz u can give a look of panel chart with it. Pannel chart gives a first impression of worksheet author.

Rest all depends upon exmnr inrts.

Regards

 

[Mike86]

TL -


I'm used to seeing vertical or horizontal bar charts referred to generically as "bar" charts. A column chart is a vertical bar. Asking for a "bar (column) chart" would give you the column orientation of a bar chart.


I'd more object to using the 3D aspect. Those things always seem like a waste of ink to me.


Mike