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Types of Graph

A line graph displays data that changes continuously over time by connecting data points to show trends. It has an x-axis for time and y-axis for values. Line graphs track changes over short and long periods and compare changes for multiple groups. Bar charts represent categorical data with rectangular bars. They commonly compare categories and have one axis for numerical values and another for categorical data. Pie charts break down a group into slices proportional to each category's size within the whole group. They show part-to-whole relationships for sample data across categories. A histogram summarizes continuous or discrete interval data using ordered rectangular columns, often used for large data sets. Scatter plots show relationships between two numeric variables by

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Types of Graph

A line graph displays data that changes continuously over time by connecting data points to show trends. It has an x-axis for time and y-axis for values. Line graphs track changes over short and long periods and compare changes for multiple groups. Bar charts represent categorical data with rectangular bars. They commonly compare categories and have one axis for numerical values and another for categorical data. Pie charts break down a group into slices proportional to each category's size within the whole group. They show part-to-whole relationships for sample data across categories. A histogram summarizes continuous or discrete interval data using ordered rectangular columns, often used for large data sets. Scatter plots show relationships between two numeric variables by

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Line Graphs
A line chart graphically displays data that changes continuously over time. Each line graph consists of points that connect
data to show a trend (continuous change). Line graphs have an x-axis and a y-axis. In the most cases, time is distributed
on the horizontal axis.

Line graphs are used to track changes over short and long periods of time. When smaller changes exist, line graphs are
better to use than bar graphs. Line graphs can also be used to compare changes over the same period of time for more
than one group.

2. Bar Charts
Bar charts represent categorical data with rectangular bars (to understand what is categorical data see categorical data
examples). Bar graphs are among the most popular types of graphs and charts in economics, statistics, marketing, and
visualization in digital customer experience. They are commonly used to compare several categories of data.

The rectangles drawn on the bar charts are called “bars”. The bars display the number of items under particular
categories. There are two axes present on the graph. One axis is used to represent the numerical values whereas the
other represents the categorical data against which the numerical data is plotted.
3. pie slice is relative to the size of a particular category in a given group as a whole. To say it in another way, the pie
chart brakes down a group into smaller pieces. It shows part-whole relationships.

Pie charts are often used to represent sample data—with data points belonging to a combination of different categories.
Each of these categories is represented as a “slice of the pie.” The size of each slice is directly proportional to the number
of data points that belong to a particular category.

4. Histogram
A histogram shows continuous data in ordered rectangular columns (to understand what is continuous data see our
post discrete vs continuous data). Usually, there are no gaps between the columns.
It is used to summarize discrete or continuous data that are measured on an interval scale. It is often used to illustrate the
major features of the distribution of the data in a convenient form. It is also useful when dealing with large data sets
(greater than 100 observations).
5. Scatter plot
The scatter plot is an X-Y diagram that shows a relationship between two variables. It is used to plot data points on a
vertical and a horizontal axis. The purpose is to show how much one variable affects another.

Scatter plots' primary uses are to observe and show relationships between two numeric variables. The dots in a scatter
plot not only report the values of individual data points, but also patterns when the data are taken as a whole.

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