A chart-type starter set
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Area chart
Original diagram · synthetic values
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Bar chart
Original diagram · synthetic values
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Boxplot
Original diagram · synthetic values
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Heatmap
Original diagram · synthetic values
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Histogram
Original diagram · synthetic values
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Line chart
Original diagram · synthetic values
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Pie chart
Original diagram · synthetic values
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Scatterplot
Original diagram · synthetic values
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Treemap
Original diagram · synthetic values
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Bars, lines, scatterplots and six more ways to begin exploring data graphics.
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- Area chart — Original diagram · synthetic values
- Bar chart — Original diagram · synthetic values
- Boxplot — Original diagram · synthetic values
- Heatmap — Original diagram · synthetic values
- Histogram — Original diagram · synthetic values
- Line chart — Original diagram · synthetic values
- Pie chart — Original diagram · synthetic values
- Scatterplot — Original diagram · synthetic values
- Treemap — Original diagram · synthetic values
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- Area chart: about these diagrams · A filled region extends from a value line to its zero baseline. Original explanatory diagram drawn by Fav Tings from synthetic values. It illustrates the chart form and shows no real data; no third-party artwork or data was used and no licence is granted.
- Bar chart: about these diagrams · Separate equal-width columns encode five categorical values from a zero baseline. Original explanatory diagram drawn by Fav Tings from synthetic values. It illustrates the chart form and shows no real data; no third-party artwork or data was used and no licence is granted.
- Boxplot: about these diagrams · Three box-and-whisker summaries show quartiles, medians, whiskers and an outlier. Original explanatory diagram drawn by Fav Tings from synthetic values. It illustrates the chart form and shows no real data; no third-party artwork or data was used and no licence is granted.
- Heatmap: about these diagrams · A matrix of cells uses a sequential color scale to encode magnitude. Original explanatory diagram drawn by Fav Tings from synthetic values. It illustrates the chart form and shows no real data; no third-party artwork or data was used and no licence is granted.
- Histogram: about these diagrams · Adjacent equal-width bins encode frequencies of a quantitative variable. Original explanatory diagram drawn by Fav Tings from synthetic values. It illustrates the chart form and shows no real data; no third-party artwork or data was used and no licence is granted.
- Line chart: about these diagrams · A single line connects values at uniformly ordered horizontal positions. Original explanatory diagram drawn by Fav Tings from synthetic values. It illustrates the chart form and shows no real data; no third-party artwork or data was used and no licence is granted.
- Pie chart: about these diagrams · Four sectors partition a circle in proportion to their values. Original explanatory diagram drawn by Fav Tings from synthetic values. It illustrates the chart form and shows no real data; no third-party artwork or data was used and no licence is granted.
- Scatterplot: about these diagrams · Unconnected points encode two quantitative coordinates. Original explanatory diagram drawn by Fav Tings from synthetic values. It illustrates the chart form and shows no real data; no third-party artwork or data was used and no licence is granted.
- Treemap: about these diagrams · Two nested rectangular groups partition the area into five proportional leaves. Original explanatory diagram drawn by Fav Tings from synthetic values. It illustrates the chart form and shows no real data; no third-party artwork or data was used and no licence is granted.
Chart type images are original explanatory diagrams drawn by Fav Tings from synthetic values, not real data or copies of published charts. No licence is granted.
Chart types: original diagrams drawn by Fav Tings from synthetic values.







