Briefle words · Data & charts
Distribution
The pattern of how values spread out across their range, including where they cluster and how long the tails are.
Say it to an AI
Show the distribution of September delivery times, not just the average. Use a histogram with one bin per day from 1 to 7+, the share of orders on each bar, and the 5-day-and-slower bins in a warning color so the slow tail is visible; keep the average as a note under the axis.
How an expert would brief the stronger version of “Delivery time chart”.
See it
Try it as a puzzle →Fulfilment quality report in the seller dashboard of a handmade-goods marketplace.
Why: A shows a peak at 2 days and a tail stretching to 7+; B reduces that whole shape to a single '2.9 days'.
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Room 2 · Choosing the chart
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