I recently asked dataviz Twitter if there were situations in which a vertical line chart was the truly best choice. I was skeptical at first, but they changed my mind, so I wrote up the thought process as a Nightingale article for those who may be considering using vertical line charts in their own work.
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When I show line charts in my Practical Charts workshops, participants sometimes express concern that line charts “hide values that occur in between the points on the line”. In this article, I argue that this is a misconception and that line charts of summary values (e.g., monthly totals) don’t hide meaningful information.
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