Generally, black represents the unfavorable and white the favorable. Since the question is one of interpretation, the decision should be made relative to the particular problem.

Chapter 45 STANDARDS FOR TIME SERIES CHARTS

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n the following pages are abstracts from Time Series Charts. A Manual of Design and Construction, 1938, prepared by the Committee on Standards for Graphic Presentation under the procedure of the American Standards Association, with the American Society of Mechanical Engineers as sponsor body.

Other abstracts from this report will be found in the following chapters:

Chapter 12. MULTIPLE BAR CHARTS

Chapter 13. CONTRASTING BAR CHARTS

Chapter 33. CURVE CHARTS

Chapter 34. COMPARISONS WITH TWO CURVES

Chapter 36. COMPONENT PARTS SHOWN BY CURVES

Chapter 42. RATIO CHARTS

Chapter 51. METHODS OF PRINTING

The pamphlet number of this report is ASA Z15.2 -- 1938. It may be secured for $1.25 from the Publications Department of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 29 West 39th Street, New York City.

The Committee on Preferred Practice for Time Series Charts, with Arthur H. Richardson as Chairman, prepared the report Time Series Charts. It is a subcommittee of the Committee on Standards for Graphic Presentation. Within the next year, it is expected there will be a report by the subcommittee on Engineering and Scientific Graphs, of which W. A. Shewhart is Chairman.

GRAPHIC PRESENTATION

DESIGNATION OF CHART COMPONENTS

GENERAL NOTE

REFERENCE SYMBOL

HORIZONTAL RULINGS

LABELS

(curve

captions)

AMOUNT- SCALE NUMERALS

AMOUNT- SCALE PTION

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REFERENCE NOTE

BASE LINE (ZERO LINE)