Credit: Shutterstock 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 ...

2. Select the data you want to include in the bar graph by clicking the first cell and then holding the "shift" key on your Mac or PC keyboard while clicking the last cell. 3.

Two graphs walk into a bar: Readout-based measurement reveals the Bar-Tip Limit error, a common, categorical misinterpretation of mean bar graphs. Journal of Vision, 2021; 21 (12): 17 DOI: 10.1167 ...

If so, keep reading. These proven best practices will help. To keep things short, I’ve limited my suggestions to the two most commonly used data viz devices: pie charts and bar graphs.

Truncated Y-Axis One of the easiest ways to misrepresent your data is by messing with the y-axis of a bar graph, line graph, or scatter plot. In most cases, the y-axis ranges from 0 to a maximum ...

If you’re a biomedical researcher and you’re using bar graphs for continuous data, Tracey L. Weissgerber has one word for you: “Stop.” Weissgerber, a physiologist at Mayo Clinic, is on a ...

For example, by hovering over Alaska in the February graph, the bar for Alaska in the July graph also turns cyan. (Without that option, the bars would turn the default yellow color.) ...