Thanks to their visual simplicity, bar graphs are popular tools for representing data. But do we really understand how to read them? New research has found that bar graphs are frequently misunderstood ...

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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 ...

If you’re a biomedical researcher and you’re using bar graphs to plot continuous data, Tracey L. Weissgerber has one word for you: “Stop.” Weissgerber, a physiologist at Mayo Clinic, is on a crusade ...

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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 ...

If you’re a biomedical researcher and you’re using bar graphs for continuous data, Tracey L. Weissgerber has one word for you: “Stop.” Weissgerber, a physiologist at Mayo Clinic, is on a crusade to ...