Re: [R] Is there a recent book on Q-Q plot and data visualization in general?

2009-10-07 Thread Paul Hiemstra
Hi, See page 335 for a qq plot in the third edition of the book. cheers, Paul Peng Yu wrote: Hi, I checked the 3rd edition of this book. But I don't find Q-Q plot. Would you please take a look of the table of content below and let me know if the same section is available in the 3rd edition?

Re: [R] Is there a recent book on Q-Q plot and data visualization in general?

2009-10-06 Thread Peng Yu
Hi, I checked the 3rd edition of this book. But I don't find Q-Q plot. Would you please take a look of the table of content below and let me know if the same section is available in the 3rd edition? http://www.amazon.com/Plane-Answers-Complex-Questions-Theory/dp/0387953612/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=bo

Re: [R] Is there a recent book on Q-Q plot and data visualization in general?

2009-10-06 Thread Paul Hiemstra
Hi Peng Yu, Chapter 13 of the following book provides a good description of the assumption done when using regression and other techniques. It also discusses the QQplot. @BOOK{Christensen1996, title = {Plane Answers to Complex Questions: The Theory of Linear Models}, publisher = {Springer,

[R] Is there a recent book on Q-Q plot and data visualization in general?

2009-10-06 Thread Peng Yu
Hi, I want to look for some detailed explanation on the properties of Q-Q plot and how the properties are derived. In R, there is the following reference. Becker, R. A., Chambers, J. M. and Wilks, A. R. (1988) The New S Language. Wadsworth & Brooks/Cole. Somebody also mentioned the following boo