The distortion in these figures is blatant. In other examples, the distortion may be more subtle. For example, some graph designers label the bars in bar graphs with data labels rather than ...

Figure 1 uses a dot plot to show the ... 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 and ...

This example shows you how to create a drill-down ... sales for each site and three reports that break down the sales figures for each site by department and quarter. Vertical Bar Chart of Total Sales ...

A bar chart is best for comparing groups of data. For example, which modes of sustainable ... it takes rainfall water to reach the rivers. Figure caption, The shorter the lag time, the higher ...

This example generates a simple drill-down bar chart that shows the regional sales figures for three sales regions. When the bar chart is displayed in a browser, you can select any one of the bars to ...

Take for example the bar graph presented at an April 6 press ... size and orientation of features can also influence how you interpret a figure. Pie charts, like this one showing employment ...

This diminishes the usefulness of bubble charts. For example, the larger circle in Figure 1a is 14 times larger than the smaller circle. When communicating with graphs, we want readers to perceive ...