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Step Chart — Staffing Level Through a Shift

A quantity that changes in discrete jumps drawn as a step rather than as a line, because a straight segment between two staffing levels claims a half-person existed between them. One of the few chart choices that is a correctness question rather than a taste question.

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Staffed positions through a 24-hour shift cycle2 series (line). x from 0 to 25 — Hour of day. y from 0 to 20 — Staffed positions. Series: Weekday; Weekend.Staffed positions through a 24-hour shift cycleRostered, not actual · 2 series · 16 pointsWeekdayWeekend0510152025Hour of day05101520Staffed positionsWeekdayWeekendDrawn as steps because staffing changes at a handover and holds until the next one. A straight line between 9 and 14 positions would claim that 11.5 people were onshift at some point, which never happened.

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title: Staffed positions through a 24-hour shift cycle
subtitle: Rostered, not actual
x: Hour of day
y: Staffed positions
y limits: 0 .. auto
grid: y
legend: right

line "Weekday" curve: stepAfter
  0  4
  6  9
  9 14
  12 16
  15 14
  18 10
  21  6
  24  4

line "Weekend" curve: stepAfter
  0  3
  6  5
  9  8
  12 10
  15  9
  18  7
  21  5
  24  3

note: Drawn as steps because staffing changes at a handover and holds until the next one. A straight line between 9 and 14 positions would claim that 11.5 people were on shift at some point, which never happened.