This post recommends using Trellis plots instead of 3D bar charts for three-dimensional (three variable) data. In Winner of the Bad Graph Contest Announced, I promised to present alternatives to Excel ...

This example subgroups by department the 3D vertical bar chart of total sales for each site that is shown in Specifying the Sum Statistic in Bar Charts. In addition to subdividing the bars to show the ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. If you want to sow division among chartmakers, ask them if pie charts are a good idea. If you want to raise a ...

For creating output with drill-down for the Web, the example shows how to explicitly name the HTML files and open and close them throughout the program specify names and destination for the GIF files ...

Overview: Fair scales, readable colours, and simple layouts help audiences understand information quickly.Clean data and ...

[BikerGlen] wanted to spice up his zombie containment unit (see video below) so he designed and 3D printed some very cool looking bar graphs. Apparently, you can get curved bar graph LEDs, but only if ...

Illustrator is not only for creating vector graphics and images, you can also create graphs. The graphs in Illustrator can be used for presentations and infographics. You can make tweaks to the graphs ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I help people communicate data clearly with graphs. In my last post I criticized a figure showing Facebook valuations over time.

A bar chart is a diagram that uses rows of horizontal or vertical bars to show information. The title tells you what the bar chart is about. The vertical and horizontal lines are called axes. The ...