Thanks to their visual simplicity, bar graphs are popular tools for representing data. But do we really understand how to read them? New research from Wellesley College published in the Journal of ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Using examples, journalist Alberto Cairo talked about ways that data, charts and visualization are represented and interpreted. He discussed ...

Start by reading the title, looking at the labels and checking the caption. If these are not available – be very wary. Labels will be on the horizontal and vertical axes on graphs or in a legend on ...

Stock market graphs don’t have to be a mystery. Here’s how to read stock charts for any company. Many, or all, of the products featured on this page are from our advertising partners who compensate us ...

If you use Microsoft Excel regularly for studying or work that requires a spreadsheet to be filled with data-driven information, then you know it can be quite difficult and time-consuming to decipher ...

It’s hard enough for fluent English-speaking parents to understand complex test scores and measures used to track students’ progress. But what about parents who don’t speak English well and aren’t ...

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