Bar graphs seem like one of the simplest ways to represent data. Many people assume that the longer the bar, the bigger the number it represents. Sometimes bar graphs represent an average not a total ...

Thanks to their visual simplicity, bar graphs are popular tools for representing data. But do we really understand how to read them? New research has found that bar graphs are frequently misunderstood ...

There are various types of graphs used to visually represent data, such as bar graphs, pie charts, and histograms. Chenxing Li, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Georgia's Center for ...

You can make a bar graph in Excel by first selecting the range of data you want to depict, and then using the dropdown menu to select the desired chart. A bar graph represents the data of an Excel ...

A new study suggests that the format in which graphs are presented may be biasing people into being too optimistic or pessimistic about the trends the graphs display. Academics found that when people ...

The classic horizontal bar chart is something we’re all familiar with. For many of us, it was the first ‘chart’ we learnt in school, usually alongside Venn diagrams and line graphs. That’s because bar ...

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A bar chart is a diagram that uses rows of horizontal or vertical bars to show information. The title tells you what the bar chart is about. The vertical and horizontal lines are called axes. The ...

irene.hudson@rmit.edu.au is affiliated with RMIT. Previous government Department of Health and Aging funding with the WHO on tobacco control measures 2013-2016 Mark Osborn currently receives funding ...