This post offers reasons for using logarithmic scales, also called log scales, on charts and graphs. It explains when logarithmic graphs with base 2 are preferred to logarithmic graphs with base 10.

Watch this video to learn about straight line graphs of logarithmic and exponential functions. Open Transcript. Data from an experiment may result in a graph indicating exponential growth ...

Logarithmic price scales tend to show less severe price increases or decreases than linear price scales. For example, if an asset price has collapsed from $100.00 to $10.00, the distance between ...