You should always look at the scale on a time graph. The scale may go up in ones or count in steps. It might not show every number. For example, on this graph, the vertical axis goes up in steps ...

Figure 5 shows a line graph where the tick marks are not spaced evenly and do not appear to be an easily recognizable non-linear scale. It shows how easily our eyes can pick up this kind of ...

Graphs that are not drawn to scale mislead the reader. This post shows another example of a graph where the visual representation of the numbers is not proportional to the numbers themselves.

A line chart connects a series of data points and is used by traders to monitor prices, ... The horizontal axis is usually a time scale such as minutes, hours, days, months, or years.

Click the first option under "Line" and click "OK." The second side scale is added and the Series2 data is converted into a line graph, ...