Next week we will discuss alternative ways of labeling log scales. A dot plot is judged by its position along an axis; in this case, the horizontal or x axis. A bar chart is judged by the length ...

Most online and brokerage charting software can display different styles of charts. The two most common types of price scales used to analyze price movements are: Logarithmic price scale—also ...

A logarithmic price scale, also referred to as a "log scale", is a type of scale used on a chart that is plotted such that two equivalent price changes are represented by the same vertical ...

I help people communicate data clearly with graphs. In “When Should I Use Logarithmic Scales in My Charts and Graphs”, I showed the revenues of the top 60 Forbes 500 companies using both ...

Excel defaults to a linear scale for graphs, but you can easily change it to logarithmic to suit wide data ranges or logarithmic phenomena. The Chart Wizard produces graphs with linear scales.

They showed people the following two charts: I think they put their finger on the scale by starting the y-axis of the log chart at 0.1, but I don’t suppose many people actually noticed that.

logarithmic charts are an essential tool that must be understood. There are two basic scales for price on the vertical axis in stock charts: a linear scale, and the logarithmic scale. A linear ...

In a log scale, each point on the vertical axis is a multiple of the point below it. On a linear scale -- the scale most people are accustomed to seeing in charts -- the points represent equal ...

The data look very different when plotted on what is called a logarithmic scale. In a typical graph, values on the (vertical) y-axis are plotted linearly: 1, 2, 3, and so on, or 10, 20 ...