Typically used to show trends over time, the slope of the line between two points shows patterns of change.
Default visualization settings are useful when it's just you analyzing data. However, visual focus is better when it's time to present.
If a chart is seen by enough people, someone will call it misleading. There are no exceptions.
More lines can mean more patterns, more cycles, and more context.
Use color to reinforce or add another layer of meaning to a regular line chart.
Also known as trellis charts, lattice chart, or whatever you want to call them, the technique lets you compare several categories in one view.
Put multiple time series lines on the same plot, and you quickly end up with a mess. Here are practical ways to clean it up.
Households are seeing the value of their savings decrease significantly over a short period of time. Now seems like a good time to take the long-term point of view.
Washington Post Opinion has a tracker updated weekly that groups items by everyday…
As you might expect, there is a big income difference between those with…
For the Washington Post, Emily Giambalvo, Kati Perry, and Jesse Dougherty analyze the…
I like this chart set from Bloomberg that shows the top brands, ranked…
This is some good step charting by Mira Rojanasakul for the New York…
As you can imagine, Elon Musk, the owner of X, has a prominent…
One of the highlights of Thanksgiving in the United States is the food, as seen through the lens of Google Trends.
Using faded lines to show the overall changes in a time series and to provide a point of reference for the present.
We can see the changing scales of who works and for how long through employment rates by age and time.
Early voting isn’t coming in as hot as in 2020, but there are…
Normal retirement age, also known as full retirement age, is 67 years old for those born in 1960 or later. It's common for people to stop working before this age, but they're veering older.
Natural diamonds require a lot of pressure and time, and then someone has…
The Economist examines car weight and fatalities in car crashes. In two-vehicle collisions,…
Annette Manes, a retired widow and single mother who saved by spending little,…
Difficulties increase steadily over the years, but if we're lucky enough to reach our 80s, there appears to be a steeper drop.
