Writing and Publishing Scientific Articles Course Workbook

Writing and Publishing Scientific Articles

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Common Graph Problems and Proposed Solutions

Problem

The data in this graph are discontinuous, and the line graph format is thus inappropriate.

Figure 13. Number of admissions by department for March 2003.

Solution

The graph has been converted to a bar graph, the preferred format for discontinuous data.

Figure 13. Number of admissions by department for March 2003.

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