I am trying to chart the changes in a percentile distribution over a number
of years. There are five percentile ranges (99-90%,89-75%, etc.) which have a
maximum and minimum value. For analysis it would be helpful to examine these
ranges side by side.

A chart similar to a stock chart would be able to show the "High and Low" of
each range, but this is only good for one data set (in my case years), not 5
to 8 years, which is what I need. So we are probably looking at an XY
scatter chart with some high/low (error) bars.

Also, on an XY scatter, when just plotting the data, the points stack one on
top of the other (because they technically have the same x value). Is there
any way to stagger them horizontally so if I could add error bars that they
wouldn't overlap each other?

ANY help on this is apprecieated!

I think it might be better to use a stacked column chart, in a similar
manner to a box and whiskers chart:

http://peltiertech.com/Excel/Charts/BoxWhiskerV.html

Forget the whiskers and create the value ranges you need for your percentile
ranges.

- Jon
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Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Peltier Technical Services
Tutorials and Custom Solutions
http://PeltierTech.com/
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"Kevin M." <Kevin wrote in message
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I am trying to chart the changes in a percentile distribution over a number
of years. There are five percentile ranges (99-90%,89-75%, etc.) which
have a
maximum and minimum value. For analysis it would be helpful to examine
these
ranges side by side.

A chart similar to a stock chart would be able to show the "High and Low"
of
each range, but this is only good for one data set (in my case years), not
5
to 8 years, which is what I need. So we are probably looking at an XY
scatter chart with some high/low (error) bars.

Also, on an XY scatter, when just plotting the data, the points stack one
on
top of the other (because they technically have the same x value). Is
there
any way to stagger them horizontally so if I could add error bars that
they
wouldn't overlap each other?

ANY help on this is apprecieated!