For example, some graph designers label the bars in bar graphs with data labels rather than including a scale. When I see a graph without a scale I take out my ruler and measure the heights of the ...

I don’t like using lengths with logarithmic scales. That is a second reason that I prefer dot plots over bar charts for these data. The previous example showed both responding to large values ...

Take for example the bar graph presented at an April 6 ... Many of the recent COVID-19 cumulative case graphs use a logarithmic scale, where the the intervals along the vertical axis are not ...

This example generates several graphs of sales data that can be accessed from a single Web page. The graphs are two bar charts of summary sales data and three pie charts that break the data down by ...

The scale on the left graph is inappropriate. The numbers go up higher than necessary on both axes. This means the points are squashed into a small part of the graph area and are difficult to read ...

This example creates the Web page shown in Customized Web Page with Drill-down Graph. On this Web page, the left frame displays a drill-down bar chart that shows the regional sales for three sales ...

There are also several types of bar graphs that suit different data sets. For example, if you have several types of data in each category, you can use a clustered bar to represent it side-by-side ...

Note how the total adds up to 100%. Bar charts and line graphs can be combined. Climate graphs are an example of this. The x-axis shows the months of the year and there are two y-axes to show ...