Survivorship Curve

Key in “Number of survivors at beginning of year” in cell B2

Key is “Age (x)” in cell A2
Key in “0-1” in cell A3
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1
Enter
Key in “1-2” in cell A4 3
Right click
and choose
“Format
Cells
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Click “Text” and

OK below

Key in “1-2” in cell

A4” again, and

6 Enter
7 Repeat step 3-6 for
8 Key in all the
cell A5-A17 to get
figures in cell B3-
the desired age for
B17
each cell
 Click Insert tab
10

11

9 Select cell A2-B2 In Charts, click

and drag cursor “Insert Scatter,”
until cell A17-B17 and “Scatter with
Straight Lines and
Markers”
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Enter to get the

graph
13
Place cursor on
any horizontal line
and right click
14 Click Delete to
remove the
horizontal lines
15 Repeat step 13-14
to remove the
vertical lines
16

Select the title and

right click, select
Delete to remove
the title
 18 Click Design tab

19

Click Add Chart

Element

17 Click the graph

20 Select Axis
Title, and
Primary
Horizontal
 Place cursor on formula
21 bar and click, and key in
“Age (x)”

Enter for title

22
of X-axis
23 Select Axis Title, and
Primary Vertical
 24 Place cursor on formula
bar and click, and key in
“Number of Survivors (nx)”

Enter for
25
title of Y-axis
 Place cursor on Y-
26 axis and double click
Click Axis Options 27

Set 3.0 in Minimum

and 1000 in 28
Maximum

Set 0.0001 in Axis

29
value
Tick to get this
curve 30
 Place cursor on Y-
31 axis and double click
Click Axis Options 32

Set 1.0 in Minimum 33

and 14 in Maximum

Set 1.0 in Major 34

Set 1.0 in Axis value 35

Survivorship Curve Type I