Bar Chart
Learn how to draw a bar chart and its alternatives in Altair.
Bar charts are a popular way to visualize data, particularly for comparing values across different categories. Bar charts are used to display the data distribution, showing how frequently different values occur within a dataset. Bar charts can effectively display both quantitative and categorical data, and we often use them to highlight trends or patterns within the data.
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When are bar charts useful?
Bar charts are useful when:
- We want to compare values across categories or discrete values. For example, we’ll use a bar chart to compare the sales of different products, the number of job applicants by gender, or the average test scores of students in different grades. 
- We have a small number of ... 
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