Key building blocks of good decision making include the ability to visualize, analyze, and verbally communicate ideas effectively. Large volumes of data can be particularly complex to understand and present. However, if data is visually presented through a combination of meaningful charts, text, and a verbal narrative, the intended audience can better engage in the discussion of the facts, patterns, and findings that must be acknowledged before moving to the decision-making stage.

You have taken on the role of a new restaurant owner who is checking on sales since the opening of your establishment in January. You have just downloaded the following sales data from your financial software: Module Four Discussion Sales Data (See below). It includes sales by food item for each month you have been in business. You would like to create visualizations that illustrate which items are selling well and how the business is doing month by month.

In your initial post, make sure to include the visualizations you created and address the following:

• What can you identify through the visual representation of the data?
• What kind of graphic have you selected and why?
• How would this visualization need to be changed based on your audience?

Jan Feb Apr Mar $702.00 $312.00 $1,170.00 $1,170.00 $1,123.20 $2,607.15 $280.80 $62.40 $936.00 $1,560.00 $592.80 $741.00 $789.75 $3,900.00 $877.50 $780.00 $60.00 $200.00 $180.00 $544.00 $600.00 $140.00 1 Product 2 Guava Bar 3 Guava Bar 4 Guava Bar 5 Guava Bar 6 Guava Bar 7 Guava Bar 8 Guava Bar 9 Guava Bar 10 Guava Bar 11 Guava Bar 12 Guava Bar 13 Guava Bar 14 Guava Bar 15 Boldo Tea 16 Boldo Tea 17 Boldo Tea 18 Boldo Tea 19 Boldo Tea 20 Boldo Tea 21 Empanada 22 Empanada 23 Empanada 24 Empanada 25 Empanada 26 Empanada 27 Empanada 28 Empanada 29 Empanada 30 Empanada 31 Empanada 32 Empanada 33 Empanada 34 Empanada 35 Empanada 36 Empanada 37 Empanada 38 Empanada 39 Queso Fresco 40 Queso Fresco 41 loueso Fresco $165.60 $920.00 $248.40 $524.40 $551.25 $147.00 $18.40 $92.00 $1,104.00 $147.00 $515.20 $55.20 $368.00 $308.70 $26.46 $110.40 $419.52 $1,223.60 $294.00 $772.80 $736.00 $36.80 $294.00 $736.00 $340.00 $510.00 $680.00 $680.00 $1,700.00 $323.00 $346.80 $612.00 $544.00 $340.00 $892.50 $2,261.00 $1,020.00 $510.00 $2,427.60 $1,776.50 $1,088.00 $1,550.40 $2,380.00 $693.60 $510.00 $956.25 $1,500.00 41 Queso Fresco 42 Queso Fresco 43 Queso Fresco 44 Queso Fresco 45 Queso Fresco 46 Queso Fresco 47 Queso Fresco 48 Queso Fresco 49 Queso Fresco 50 Queso Fresco 51 Queso Fresco 52 Queso Fresco 53 Queso Fresco 54 Queso Fresco 55 Queso Fresco 56 Queso Fresco 57 Queso Fresco 58 Carne Assada 59 Carne Assada 60 Carne Assada 61 Carne Assada 62 Carne Assada 63 Carne Assada 64 Carne Assada 65 Carne Assada 66 Carne Assada 67 Carne Assada 68 Chocolade 69 Chocolade 70 Chocolade 71 Chocolade 72 Chocolade 73 Sopapillas 74 Sopapillas 75 Sopapillas 76 Sopapillas 77 Sopapillas 78 Sopapillas 79 Sopapillas 80 Sopapillas $3,125.00 $1,875.00 $1,250.00 $1,406.25 $562.50 $2,000.00 $1,500.00 $500.00 $1,050.00 $225.00 $162.56 $137.70 $606.90 $68.85 $306.00 $3,557.25 $3,754.87 $948.60 $1,317.50 $8,263.36 $7,905.00 $6,324.00 $10,540.00 $2,635.00 81 Sopapillas $3,952.50