Microsoft Excel can present two series of data points together on the horizontal axis, but if the number scale for each series dramatically differs, the data will not be readable. Using a two-sided ...

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 ...

With features like auto-summing, chart making and the ability to track numbers from multiple lists, budgets or accounts, Microsoft Excel has become an essential business tool. You can use it to keep ...

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 ...

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 ...

Software packages for charting data often offer menus; i.e., lists of charts that are available. Excel offers a menu; Tableau has Show Me! Elementary statistics and graphing books offer recipes; i.e., ...

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