Editing Biostatistics (section)

==== Line graph ====

[[File:Examples of descriptive tools.png|thumb| Figure A: '''Line graph example'''. The birth rate in Brazil (2010–2016);<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://tabnet.datasus.gov.br/cgi/deftohtm.exe?sinasc/cnv/nvuf.def|title=DATASUS: TabNet Win32 3.0: Nascidos vivos – Brasil|website=DATASUS: Tecnologia da Informação a Serviço do SUS}}</ref> Figure B: '''Bar chart example.''' The birth rate in [[Brazil]] for the December months from 2010 to 2016; Figure C: '''Example of Box Plot''': number of glycines in the proteome of eight different organisms (A-H); Figure D: '''Example of a scatter plot.''']]

[[Line graph]]s represent the variation of a value over another metric, such as time. In general, values are represented in the vertical axis, while the time variation is represented in the horizontal axis.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=Introduction to Biostatistics. A Guide to Design, Analysis, and Discovery|last1=Forthofer|first1=Ronald N.|last2=Lee|first2=Eun Sul|publisher=Academic Press|year=1995|isbn=978-0-12-262270-0}}</ref>