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 ...

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 ...

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. This article is more than 10 years old. This is the first post in a new blog ...

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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 ...

The driver board with display attached; the row of lamps is visible on the right hand side. LEDs weren’t always an easy solution to displays and indicators. The fine folks at [Industrial Alchemy] ...