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Guide to Diagrams

Introduction

Understanding how a diagram works and seeing someone else draw one is fair enough, but how about applying them to other real-life situations? As a bit of fun, we want to challenge you to consider when and where a diagram can be used, why you would use it and what you would expect to achieve.

Diagramming is not so much as science as an interpretative art. So, your reason for using a given diagram may be different to mine and just as reasonable. However, there are some good reasons to use specific diagrams… let’s see how you do!

- Simon Bell, Open University

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