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 ...
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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 ...
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’ ...
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] ...
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 ...