Elements of a Good Graph

• Descriptive title

• Axes

  • Y: frequency (counts, %)
  • X: distribution (time, categories)
  • Both are uniform and uncluttered

• Number of data points & average [for scattergrams]

• “Good” arrow (direction of “goodness”)

• Legend (who, what, when, where, how)

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