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Charts, Graphs, & Diagrams

Collections of charts/graphs/diagrams on health, climate, sports, and other topics. as well as some discussion about the value, creation, and usage of charts.

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Chart Collections

New! Printable Mortgage Charts Printable mortgage chart maker and mortgage calculator.	Health Charts Growth, calorie requirements, wind chill, heat index, and more.	Global & USA Climate New and improved charts and tables at Climate-Chart.com.	Sports Football field, basketball court, tennis court, and soccer field diagrams.
About Berkshire Hathaway A site extolling the benefits of Berkshire Hathaway.	The Natural Year Weather data, sunrise and set, moonrise, set and phase, tides, stars, and planet motions are vividly displayed. Link goes to another site. New 2007 edition now available!	Evolution Mitochondrial Eve, Y-chromosome Adam, etc.	Census Charts U.S. census data in accessible format at Census-Charts.com.
Miscellaneous Conversions, economics, and some oddballs.	Baby Quick Reference Authoritative information about your child's development in a compact, easy-to-use format.	Play by Play Diagrams Each diagram shows every play of a football game in one picture. Link goes to another site.

Suggest an idea for a chart, and if I use it I'll give you credit.

We are adding to our collection of charts frequently. Check back soon for more charts, or suggest a chart.

Charts vs Graphs vs Diagrams

I'm not aware of a good way to differentiate these terms, and I'm not going to try. They all embody the idea of adding visual or spatial elements that improve our ability to understand something.

'Chart' is often used to describe simple representations of two-variable date, as in bar charts or pie charts. Often chart data could be presented in a table, which is fine. However, such a table is often called a chart, which is erroneous and confusing.

'Chart' is also used to refer to complex and data-dense displays such as maps.

'Graph' tends to be used more in more mathematical settings, with x and y axes, but there are many exceptions.

'Diagram' usually implies a symbolic and non-numeric representation of something, but again, there are exceptions.

See Chartmaking for a discussion of how I make charts.

Please email me if you have any questions, comments or suggestions, or if you are interested in having some custom charts created.

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