There's no right answer, but you should consider what you are trying to show. Many bar charts have between 5 to 10 intervals, generally even intervals. The minimum and maximum of your vertical axis might be a bit below and above your data. Do you want to highlight the differences of the groups of data? If so, chose a range that closely brackets your data. For example, you make a bar chart to show the average heights of men and women of various races. If your data ranges from 5' 2" to 5' 10", you might begin your chart at 5" and end at 6", with 2" incrrements, which would highlight the differences. If your chart range was 0 to 10', you would probably not observe the differences in the groups.
The dependent variable is shown on the vertical, or y-axis of a graph.
the y axis
The vertical axis!
On a bar graph, the y-axis is the vertical axis, typically located to the left of the data bars.
on the vertical axis
Yes, intervals can be either on the Y Axis (Vertical), or the X Axis (Horizontal).
You put time on the horizontal axis and distance on the vertical axis.
The y-axis is the vertical line on a line graph.
The dependent variable is shown on the vertical, or y-axis of a graph.
on the vertical axis
the y axis
the y axis
If you're talking about a graph then here's your answer... There are to axis's the x axis (horizontal) and the y axis (vertical). So your talking about the vertical scale so since a graph is shaped like an L the vertical part would contain the scale (numbers along the side) so that you can read a bar graph easier
The convention for an x-y graph is as follows: y | | |_____ x where the x-axis is horizontal and the y-axis is vertical.
If you are graphing the results of an experiment, the dependent variable is on the vertical, or y-axis, and the independent variable is on the horizontal axis, or x-axis.
horizontal:x vertical: y
On a typical graph, the vertical line is the y-axis, they horizontal line is the x-axis.