DUMBBELL PLOT

Dumbbell Plot chart showing tobacco product waste in Sycamore County parks decreased after the smokefree parks policy

WHY USE A DUMBBELL PLOT?

Pre-Post Dot Plots, also known as Dumbbell Plots, are a simple way to compare data between two time points like before and after an intervention. Each dot shows a value at one time point, and the line connecting the dots shows how things changed. This makes it easy to see if the numbers went up or down. 

 

What’s included in this downloadable Excel file:
the template and instructions for a pre-/post dumbbell chart.

 

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