This post offers reasons for using logarithmic scales, also called log scales, on charts and graphs. It explains when logarithmic graphs with base 2 are preferred to logarithmic graphs with base ...

Logarithmic scales have other advantages as well. Returning to the APPL charts above, it is impossible to imagine drawing a trendline connecting the series of lows in 2003 on up through 2008.

But that number is based on a logarithmic scale, and can be hard to grasp. Earthquakes aren't measured linearly, but in orders of magnitude.

Back when I first started charting the spread of coronavirus I decided not to use a logarithmic scale. I figured that log scales were fine for communicating with other professionals, but most ...

There is disagreement on the proper way to label logarithmic scales in charts and graphs, especially when the base is not 10. This post shows several alternative ways of labeling log scales ...

A linear scale can be compared with a logarithmic scale. The interpretation of a stock chart can vary among different traders depending on the type of price scale used when viewing the data.

More precisely, the Richter scale is logarithmic, so the amplitude of a magnitude 8 quake is 10 times greater than that of a magnitude 7 quake.

Bending the Curve Logarithmic scales can emphasize the rate of change in a way that linear scales do not. Italy seems to be slowing the coronavirus infection rate, while the number of cases in the ...