The second finding, however, is the key weakness of a log chart: people have a hard time interpreting the scale. In the log chart, the final dot looks like it’s at around 60-70,000 deaths or so.

One type of graph might include using a logarithmic scale on one axis and a linear scale on the other. Logarithmic functions can be understood as basically the inverse function of exponentiation.

Object Details maker Hartung, Maurice L. Description Maurice Hartung of the University of Chicago wrote this sixteen-page booklet to explain the use of natural log and logarithmic scales placed on ...

A log scale graph, where one or both axes increase exponentially (1, 10, 100, instead of 1, 2, 3), data is compressed to make exponential trends easier to parse.