The elements of graphing data cleveland william s isbn 9780963488411 kostenloser versand fur alle bucher mit versand und verkauf duch amazon. The elements of graphing data belongs on the same shelf for the same reason although clevelands book has essentially nothing to do with computer graphics per se computer scientists should be interested in graphing data for three reasons first using graphical displays to convey quantitative information is one of the dominant applications of computer graphics second the ways in which information can be effectively encoded and conveyed graphically is fundamental to the development of . The elements of graphing data revised edition at t bell laboratories murray hili new jersey contents preface 1 1 introduction 4 2 11 the power of graphical data display 6 12 the challenge of graphical data display 9 13 the contents of the book 16 principles of graph construction 22 21 terminology 23 22 clear vision 25 23 clear understanding 54 24 banking to 45 66 25 seal es 80 2 . Covers much of the same ground as stephen fews books but is more scientifically rigorous its also not as glossy as fews books but it does include a few color pages of course due to its age elements of graphing data doesnt include any research from after the mid 1980s it is somewhat depressing that there has been so little progress in the field that advice published today doesnt . Numerical data analytic procedures such as means standard deviations correlation coefficients and t tests are essentially data reduction techniques graphical methods complement such numerical techniques graphical methods tend to show data sets as a whole allowing us to summarize the general behavior and to study detail