A single large value in Microsoft Excel can disrupt your whole graph. For example, if you create a bar graph showing the market share held by each company in your industry, a single dominant ...

Data visualization is one of the most important tools we have to analyze data. But it’s just as easy to mislead as it is to educate using charts and graphs. In this article we’ll take a look at 3 of ...

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I help people communicate data clearly with graphs. This post is motivated by a comment on my blog post Line Charts Are Not Always ...

Double-click the chart's left axis to open the Format Axis side panel. Click "Axis Value" to allow manual control over the axis. Enter the number you wish to use for the axis in the field provided. To ...

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 ...