Comparison of charts side-by-side vs. top-to-bottom

1. Which type of chart is best for comparing the distance between values?
2. Which graph shows a side by side comparison of data?
3. What graphs are best for comparing?
4. What kind of chart is best to compare at least two sets of values or pairs of data?

Which type of chart is best for comparing the distance between values?

Bar charts are good for comparisons, while line charts work better for trends. Scatter plot charts are good for relationships and distributions, but pie charts should be used only for simple compositions — never for comparisons or distributions.

Which graph shows a side by side comparison of data?

A bar chart is used when you want to show a distribution of data points or perform a comparison of metric values across different subgroups of your data. From a bar chart, we can see which groups are highest or most common, and how other groups compare against the others.

What graphs are best for comparing?

a Bar Graph. Bar graphs are used to compare things between different groups or to track changes over time.

What kind of chart is best to compare at least two sets of values or pairs of data?

Dual-axis charts overlay two different charts with a shared horizontal axis, but potentially different vertical axis scales (one for each component chart). This can be useful to show a direct comparison between the two sets of vertical values, while also including the context of the horizontal-axis variable.