Visual Revelations : Graphical Tales of Fate and Deception From Napoleon Bonaparte To Ross Perot

ISBN-13: 9780805838787 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 192 str.

Howard Wainer

Opis

An exploration of visual revelations, including how to display data badly, tabular presentation and trilinear plots. The essays are divided into sections covering: graphical failures; graphical triumphs; graphical forms; using graphical methods; and improving graphical presentations.

Recenzje

"Howard Wainer's splendid How to Display Data Badly [Chapter 1] covers standard practice among advertisers, economists, and apologists, and should be distributed to every household in the country along with the next batch of Charters."
—London Times Literary Supplement

"...Visual Revelations is the kind of book to read for fun and to discover later that you learned something...."
—Psychometrika

"Wainer's books are simply the most entertaining, engaging, and thought-provoking books in the area."
—Sr. VP of SPSS
Leland Wilkinson

Spis treści

Contents: Introduction. Part I: Graphical Failures. How to Display Data Badly. Graphical Mysteries. Part II: Graphical Triumphs. Graphical Answers to Scientific Questions. Three Graphic Memorials. A Nobel Graph. Todai Moto Kurashi. Picturing an L.A. Bus Schedule. Part III: Graphical Forms. Humble Pie. Double Y-Axis Graphs. Tabular Presentation. A Rose by Another Name. Trilinear Plots. Implicit Graphs. Part IV: Using Graphical Methods. Measuring Graphicacy. Graphs in the Presidential Campaign: Why Weren't They Used More Broadly? Visual Aids When Comparing an Apple to the Stars. Part V: Improving Graphical Presentations. Integrating Figures and Text. Elegance, Grace, Impact, and Graphical Displays. Sense-Lining. Making Readable Overhead Displays.

O autorze

Wainer Howard