2.3 Vertical line charts

In the classroom, these cause confusion because of the word ‘line’ in their name. A vertical line chart is a bar chart with skinny bars! Not to be confused with a line graph which is typically used to show a trend over time (see Week 5 for more about line graphs).

Figure 9 Image showing vertical line graph on the left and line graph on the right (note: the data in these two images is not comparable)