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There are a lot of different types of graphs so it is inevitable that I will miss some but here are the main ones:

Bar / column chart - use if your data is in groups - either categoric (fits into unordered categories such as colour) or split into groups (e.g. 0-10, 10-20, etc.).

Histogram - extension to the bar chart - use if the data is split into groups that are unequal (e.g. 0-10, 10-15, 15-30, etc.).

Scatter chart - use if all of the data is continuous (i.e. can be any value within a range (e.g. time/temperature).

Line graph - extension to the scatter chart - has a line of best fit - use if the two sets of data on the x and y axis are related.

Pie chart - use if you want to show fractions of the data (e.g. that over half of people have one car but that only a quarter have two) - the data must be categoric (described above).

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