Investopedia / Mira Norian An Ishikawa diagram is used in manufacturing and product development to show the causes of an event. An Ishikawa diagram is a diagram that shows the causes of an event ...

Investopedia / Xiaojie Liu A Venn diagram is a chart that uses overlapping circles to show the traits that are shared and not shared by two or more sets of things being compared. A Venn diagram is ...

Below are a few examples. You’ve probably already seen this type of diagram being plotted somewhere on an office whiteboard. This graph helps us see patterns and interrelationships that emerge ...

A picture, the old adage goes, is worth 1,000 words. But in science a diagram can describe things that transcend the written word. A single image can convey the simple underlying pattern hidden by ...