Graphing quasi-exponential data on a log scale reduces the curve to a quasi-straight line that is much easier to use and understand. Graph 1 shows Federal Spending and GDP, since 1995, plotted on ...

Sometimes these points are arranged in a pattern. A scatter graph could be used to show how life expectancy is related to GDP. A line of best fit helps to show correlations, or patterns within the ...

Sometimes these points are arranged in a pattern. A scatter graph could be used to show how literacy is related to GDP. A line of best fit helps to show correlations, or patterns within the data.