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Record 1 2014-05-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Statistical Graphs and Diagrams
DEF

A ... bar chart, with the bars running from left to right instead of from top to bottom.

OBS

It is called a Tornado graph because it is shaped like a tornado with the more numerous values at the top and the less numerous ones at the bottom.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Diagrammes et graphiques (Statistique)
DEF

[...] Diagramme à barres [...] dont les barres sont présentées de gauche à droite plutôt que de haut en bas.

OBS

Il est appelé graphique en tornade puisque la manière de présenter les valeurs, soit les plus élevées en haut et les moins élevées en bas, lui donne la forme d’une tornade.

Spanish

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