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 ...

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 ...

Data Interpretation is an important part of the Quantitative Aptitude section in many competitive exams. It tests the ability to read, understand, and draw conclusions from data presented in the form ...

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 from City, University ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I help people communicate data clearly with graphs. Nov 17, 2011, 09:57am EST Nov 20, 2011, 07:38am EST This article is more than ...

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 ...

Researchers at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, looked at more than 600 research articles published in top physiology journals in early 2014, and found that bar graphs were used to describe ...

You can make a bar graph in Google Sheets to make the data in your spreadsheet more digestible, useful, and visually appealing. Once you select the data in your spreadsheet needed for a graph, you can ...

Bar graphs are graphical representations of statistical data in the form of strips or bars. This allows viewers to understand the difference between the various parameters of the data at a glance ...

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See how easy it is to create interactive web graphs from ggplot2 visualizations with the ggiraph R package. You can even link graphs so that clicking one dataviz affects the display of another. Static ...