Abstract

This article discusses the use of bar charts on company sites. A bar chart or bar graph is a chart or graph that presents categorical data with a rectangular bars with heights or lengths proportional to the values they represent. The purpose of this research is to discover the benefits of using the bar chart so it will becomes a consideration for institutions and companies that need informative data. With a qualitative approach, the data were analyzed descriptively. The results showed that the use of bar charts speeds up the user’s reading of the data presented. In addition, bar charts are an aesthetic element that facilitates and motivates users who wants to read data or information compared to text data or tables.

Details

Title
The Benefits of Using Bar Charts in Company Websites
Author
Kasmana, K 1 ; Adipraja, F M 2 

 Departemen Magister Desain, Universitas Komputer Indonesia, Indonesia 
 Departemen Sistem Informasi, Universitas Komputer Indonesia, Indonesia 
Publication year
2019
Publication date
Nov 2019
Publisher
IOP Publishing
ISSN
17578981
e-ISSN
1757899X
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2561397652
Copyright
© 2019. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.