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 ...

In the example below ... to the quantities they represent. Vertical bar graphs are typically used when one axis cannot have a numerical scale. A Pareto chart contains both bars and a line graph.

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 shows you how to create a drill-down graph in which the user can select an area of the graph in order to display additional information about the data. The program creates one vertical ...

Wrapping your head around the scale of a global pandemic is not easy ... One way to provide context is with a bar chart, also called a histogram, showing each new daily case count.

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 ...

Choosing the right graph is very important. 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 ...

Examples of such posts can be found here, here The graph has a bar for “whites killed by blacks” (with a value of 9.83), one for “blacks killed by whites” (with a value of 0.77), one for ...