| A | B |
|---|
| Useful for comparing the size of items in one data series. | Pie Chart |
| When the values are NOT zero | Pie Chart |
| Time on the horizontal axis and values on vertical axis | Line Chart |
| Useful for showing trends in data at equal intervals. | Line Chart |
| Useful for comparing values across categories or a time period | Column Chart |
| Categories (in any order) or time are usually on horizontal axis and values are on the vertical axis | Column Chart |
| Useful for illustrating comparisons among individual items when axis labels are long. | Bar Chart |
| Useful for illustrating the fluctuation of stock prices or scientific data when there is a start, end, high and low value during each period. | Stock Chart |
