Description of continuous data using bar graphs: a misleading approach

INTRODUCTION: With the ease provided by current computational programs, medical and scientific journals use bar graphs to describe continuous data. METHODS: This manuscript discusses the inadequacy of bars graphs to present continuous data. RESULTS: Simulated data show that box plots and dot plots a...

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Main Author: Edson Zangiacomi Martinez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2015-01-01
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822015005032015&lng=en&tlng=en