Visual Revelations - Howard Wainer

Visual Revelations

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

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Buch | Hardcover
192 Seiten
2000
Psychology Press (Verlag)
978-0-8058-3878-7 (ISBN)
168,35 inkl. MwSt
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.
To function in modern society complex data must be absorbed and understood at a breakneck pace. The most efficient way to do this is through data-based graphics. This book is an exploration and celebration of graphical methods of data presentation.

Visual Revelations' principal purpose is to enlighten, inform, and amuse the reader regarding the shortcomings of common graphical practices; particularly how they can misinform while simultaneously providing models of wonderful graphics. There are many examples of the best graphic practice, graphs that go beyond conveying, facts, and structure to be able to carry emotion as well.

Aimed at an educated, lay audience, this volume benefits anyone who must either convey or receive quantitative information, including designers, statisticians, and people in the media.

Wainer Howard

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.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 12.8.2000
Verlagsort Philadelphia
Sprache englisch
Maße 210 x 280 mm
Gewicht 793 g
Themenwelt Mathematik / Informatik Mathematik Graphentheorie
ISBN-10 0-8058-3878-3 / 0805838783
ISBN-13 978-0-8058-3878-7 / 9780805838787
Zustand Neuware
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