Learn how to choose the right scale for a graph based on the type of data, the purpose of the graph, and the audience you want to reach. See examples and tips.

Excel defaults to a linear scale for graphs, but you can easily change it to logarithmic to suit wide data ranges or logarithmic phenomena. The Chart Wizard produces graphs with linear scales.

Graphs that are not drawn to scale mislead the reader. This post shows another example of a graph where the visual representation of the numbers is not proportional to the numbers themselves.

The representation of numbers in graphs should be proportional to the numbers themselves. Otherwise, they mislead or deceive. Examples of misleading graphs not drawn to scale and a figure with ...

It is widely regarded as a promising direction for designing graph processing accelerators. However, the storage space of a single device cannot meet the demand of large-scale graph processing. Using ...