Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I help people communicate data clearly with graphs. In “When Should I Use Logarithmic Scales in My Charts and Graphs”, I ...

Ceteris paribus, respondents who see the information on the linear scale graphs support less strongly the policy of keeping non-essential businesses closed than those who look at the logarithmic ...

I help people communicate data clearly with graphs. There are two main reasons ... The following charts show the number of widgets on a linear and logarithmic scale: The linear scale shows the ...

Linear charts display absolute values. The interpretation of a stock chart can vary among different traders depending on the type of price scale used when viewing the data. A logarithmic price ...

Data from an experiment may result in a graph indicating exponential growth. This implies the formula of this growth is \(y = k{x^n}\), where \(k\) and \(n\) are constants. Using logarithms, we ...

Abstract: In undirected graphs with real non-negative weights, we give a new randomized algorithm for the single-source shortest path (SSSP) problem with running time ...