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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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] ...

At a press conference in New York City on Saturday, Mayor Bill de Blasio brought along a bar graph that he said represented the evidence necessary to show that a lethal outbreak of Legionnaires’ ...

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Shared on Facebook and Instagram, posts include a bar graph showing “murder of blacks and whites in the US, 2013” broken down by the races of the perpetrators. While the graph itself is accurate, the ...