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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 ...

The data look very different when plotted on what is called a logarithmic scale. In a typical graph, values on the ... change in a way that linear scales do not. Italy seems to be slowing the ...