That said, implementing these formats is not as simple as just exchanging bar graphs for dot plots. Each individual data point within a 100-plus point dataset, for example, cannot be shown without ...

Histograms look similar to bar charts as they both display data using bars. A histogram shows continuous data, such as different age groups, and therefore the bars are drawn without gaps between them.

Presenting data in charts? Do not use 3D objects to show values, warns a data visualisation expert An excerpt from ‘Impactful Data Visualization: Hide and Seek with Graphs’ by Kavitha Ranganathan.