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Benefits & pitfalls

Benefits & pitfalls: line chart

  • Line-charts imply that data is continuously changing. If your data is discrete you might consider a bar-chart instead.

How to create your own

Create your own: animation

  • Animations can be created in a range of standard data applications such as Excel, with the output saved for each different time-point, and an image editor or language such as Adobe Flash used to splice them into an animation. Online tools include Google Motion Charts.

Interactive trend chart

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Percentage change in UK house prices over time for data from three sources.
Average rating: 2 (1 votes)
Visual types:

animation, line chart

Language usage chart

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Charts the usage of certain phrases over time on historical and contemporary sources.
Average rating: 2 (1 votes)