PIVOT TABLE CASE STUDIES
CASE STUDY: IMDB MOVIE DATABASE
DATASET SUMMARY:
• Movie titles, attributes, budgets and revenues from
the Internet Movie Database (IMDb), 1920-2015
DIMENSIONS & MEASURES:
• Dimensions: Title, Release Date, Color/B&W, Genre,
Language, Country, Rating, Lead Actor, Director Name
• Measures: Lead Actor FB Likes, Cast FB Likes, Director
FB Likes, Movie FB Likes, IMDb Score, Total Reviews,
Duration (min), Gross Revenue, Budget
CONCEPTS COVERED:
• Number Formatting & Conditional Formats
• Sorting, Filtering & Grouping n=3,725
• Calculated Values & Fields
• PivotCharts
CASE STUDY: U.S. VOTERS (2012)
DATASET SUMMARY:
• 2012 population and voter registration data from
the U.S. Census Bureau, by state and age group
DIMENSIONS & MEASURES:
• Dimensions: State, Age
• Measures: Total Population, Citizen Population,
Registered Voters, Confirmed Voters
CONCEPTS COVERED:
• Calculated Fields
• Value Settings (% of Column, % of Parent)
n=255
CASE STUDY: SAN FRANCISCO SALARIES
DATASET SUMMARY:
• Salary information from San Francisco
government employees, 2011-2013
DIMENSIONS & MEASURES:
• Dimensions: Employee Name, Year, Employee
ID, Job Title
• Measures: Base Pay, Overtime Pay, Other Pay
CONCEPTS COVERED:
• Sorting & Filtering
• Grouping n=24,285
• Calculated Fields
• Table Layouts
CASE STUDY: SHARK ATTACK RECORDS
DATASET SUMMARY:
• Shark attack records from 1900-2016
DIMENSIONS & MEASURES:
• Dimensions: Case Number, Date, Type,
Country, Area, Location, Activity, Name,
Gender, Age, Injury, Fatal (Y/N), Species,
Investigator or Source
• Measures: None
CONCEPTS COVERED:
• Date Grouping
• Value Settings (% of Column, Running Total)
• PivotCharts
n=5,292
CASE STUDY: STOCK MARKET DATA
DATASET SUMMARY:
• 3-month sample of stock market data for 500
publically-traded companies
DIMENSIONS & MEASURES:
• Dimensions: Date, Symbol
• Measures: Open, High, Low, Close, Volume
CONCEPTS COVERED:
• Sorting & Filtering
• Conditional Formatting (Highlight Cells, Data Bars)
• Value Settings (% Difference From)
n=29,440
CASE STUDY: BASEBALL TEAM STATS
DATASET SUMMARY:
• Major League Baseball team statistics
by season, 1995-2015
DIMENSIONS & MEASURES:
• Dimensions: Season Start, Year, League,
Team (Short), Team (Full), Division, DivWin,
WCWin, LgWin, WSWin
• Measures: G, W, L, RS, AB, H, 2B, 3B, HR, BB,
SO, SB, CS, RA, ER, ERA, CG, SHO, SV
CONCEPTS COVERED:
• Sorting & Filtering
• PivotCharts & Slicers
• Calculated Fields n=624
CASE STUDY: SAN DIEGO BURRITO RATINGS
DATASET SUMMARY:
• Burrito ratings and Yelp reviews from 65
San Diego restaurants in 2016
DIMENSIONS & MEASURES:
• Dimensions: Location, Burrito, Date,
Recommendation, Reviewer, Notes
• Measures: Yelp Rating, Cost, Tortilla (0-5),
Temp (0-5), Fillings (0-5), Meat Volume (0-5),
Uniformity (0-5), Salsa (0-5), Synergy (0-5),
Wrap Quality (0-5)
CONCEPTS COVERED:
• Calculating with COUNT
• Summarize Values By (SUM, AVERAGE)
• Show Values As (Rank) n=237
• Conditional Formatting
CASE STUDY: DAILY WEATHER CONDITIONS
DATASET SUMMARY:
• Daily weather conditions in Boston,
Massachusetts from Jan-Dec 2016
DIMENSIONS & MEASURES:
• Dimensions: Date, Conditions
• Measures: Max Temp (F), Mean Temp (F),
Min Temp (F), Max Wind Speed (MPH),
Precipitation (in)
CONCEPTS COVERED:
• Sorting & Filtering
• PivotCharts n=363
• Date Grouping
• Calculating with COUNT
CASE STUDY: SPARTAN RACE FACEBOOK POSTS
DATASET SUMMARY:
• Spartan Race Facebook posts from
Aug-Oct 2016
DIMENSIONS & MEASURES:
• Dimensions: Page, Date of Post, Post Copy,
Link, Post Type, Hour of Post, Time of Day
• Measures: Shares, Reactions, Likes,
Comments
CONCEPTS COVERED:
• Show Values As (% of Column)
• Calculated Fields
• Calculating with COUNT n=393
