Authentic Graphics

Real World Graphics

Consult this table to improve your data presentation skills

The data for all the graphics on these pages is authentic. It was taken from the Eurostat site. However, the graphs and descriptions were generated solely for the purpose of demonstrating how read, interpret and describe various types of graphics, not to disseminate information. To see some authentic graphics in real texts, including other types of graphics, follow the links below.

Link	Line	Bar*	Pie	Log^§	ProjectionEstimated (future) values.	OtherOther features such as trend lines.
Questions to ask yourself when you read a graph, chart, or map	✅	✅	✅			✅
Six Favorite Charts	✅	✅				✅
What children can teach government about graphs		✅	✅			✅
Climate change graphs	✅	✅			✅	✅
Graphs which tell a story	✅	✅			✅
Money and religion	✅	✅				✅
The decline of homicide	✅	✅				✅
How your household affects gas emissions	✅	✅				✅
High School and Health	✅					✅
Well-being and the Pandemic	✅	✅
Trust in Leadership and Institutions	✅	✅				✅
Covid and Young Adults	✅	✅	✅
Understanding Coronavirus Graphs	✅	✅		✅
Is Democracy Safe?		✅
Reading Progress	✅	✅				✅
Smoking	✅	✅
Plastics	✅	✅
Airline Pilots Shortage	✅	✅
Border Crisis	✅	✅				✅
Opioid Epidemic	✅
Rural and Urban America	✅	✅				✅
Tobacco Endgame	✅				✅
National Health Service	✅	✅	✅			✅
Spending on Science and Research		✅	✅			✅
Older People at University	✅	✅	✅
Complex Covid Data	✅			✅		✅
Logarithmic growth	✅			✅		✅

* Indicates bar or column graphs.
^§ Indicates a logarithmic scale.

All of these texts were published in The Conversation.

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