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Second only to photographs, the graph in all its varieties is probably the most common illustration used today. Graphs show trends in stocks and bonds, economic indicators, supply and demand of natural resources, food prices, miles per gallon of gas, and a wide variety of other information. Graphs can be as simple in meaning as those in the newspaper or as complex to understand as those in the most sophisticated professional journal or technical publication. A graph can be a tremendous aid in understanding certain kinds of data and their changes, whether on a one-time informational basis or in long-term use as a reference source. A graph can be constructed either to disguise or to exaggerate the significance of the plotted information.
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Richardson, G.T. (1985). Graphs. In: Illustrations. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-4992-4_3
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