It allows you to see more clearly when the rate of growth is speeding up or slowing down. It can however also be misleading if people don't understand what a logarithmic graph is, and underestimate the number of people affected.
Talking about possibly weird graphs, it's difficult to beat this one (look at the y axis):
It allows you to see more clearly when the rate of growth is speeding up or slowing down. It can however also be misleading if people don't understand what a logarithmic graph is, and underestimate the number of people affected.
Talking about possibly weird graphs, it's difficult to beat this one (look at the y axis):