Bump Chart: A more visually pleasing line chart

Plot Diagram

Description:?

A bump chart is a visual representation of the special form of the line plot. It is used for the visualization of changes in qualitative data or values. Typically, the chart is similar to the line charts. The lines connected by dots show an increase or decrease in the value over a period. It also shows changes in the dimension between two points. Each colour line in the chart represents the arrangement of lines based on the ranks of values. The ranking of the data points is based on the rank system used for particular values in the field.??

Bump charts are mainly used for:?

• Comparison of two dimensions?
• Explore the changes in rank value over time??
• Show value or dimension progression?
• Comparison of rankings, performance, and position concerning the observed values
• Business, data science, population ranking, ranking of countries based on different variables, and science?

Functions:?

• Hierarchy of qualitative data,?
• Comparison between two dimensions
• Comparison of performances

Examples:?

Ranking of countries based on CO2 emission per capita?

Things to keep in mind:?

• Prepare data in excel and break down it into different columns.?
• Interpretation of data using a bump chart can be difficult with variations in the data such as different team sizes.?
• While making a bump chart with R, an error can occur if there is any missing information.?
• For rank and magnitude, you should consider using a ranked bar chart.??