The classic horizontal bar chart is something we’re all familiar with. For many of us, it was the first ‘chart’ we learnt in school, usually alongside Venn diagrams and line graphs. That’s because bar ...

A reader need go no further than page two of Leland Wilkinson’s The Grammar of Graphics before reading, “We will also come to realize why a histogram is not a bar chart and why many other graphics ...

Charts and sparklines are powerful data visualization tools in Excel. Here’s a guide to the most popular chart types in Excel and how to best use them. Microsoft Excel offers a plethora of tools for ...

A behind-the-scenes blog about research methods at Pew Research Center. For our latest findings, visit pewresearch.org. In recent years, Pew Research Center has been thinking more intentionally about ...