Den 2007-08-25 00:42, hadley wickham skrev:
Hi Richard,
I apologize that this is off-topic. I am seeking information on
perception of graphical data, in an effort to improve the plots I
produce. Would anyone point me to literature reviews in this area? (Or
keywords to try on google?) Is
Hello,
I apologize that this is off-topic. I am seeking information on
perception of graphical data, in an effort to improve the plots I
produce. Would anyone point me to literature reviews in this area? (Or
keywords to try on google?) Is this located somewhere near cognitive
science,
You might want to look at the cartogram literature. See e.g.
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mejn/election/
I don't know of an R implementation of this sort of thing, but
perhaps others can correct me.
url:www.econ.uiuc.edu/~rogerRoger Koenker
email[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi,
You may want to check chapter 4 (Graphical Perception) in W. S.
Cleveland (1985?) The Elements of Graphing Data and the references
he includes.
Regards,
--
David
On 8/24/07, Yeh, Richard C [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello,
I apologize that this is off-topic. I am seeking information on
Dear Richard,
Though slightly dated, the following article is a nice summary of the
literature on graphical perception:
Lewandowsky, S Spence, I. (1989) The perception of statistical
graphs. Sociological Methods and Research, 18, 200-242.
I hope this helps,
John
On Fri, 24 Aug 2007 13:30:56
Hi Richard,
I apologize that this is off-topic. I am seeking information on
perception of graphical data, in an effort to improve the plots I
produce. Would anyone point me to literature reviews in this area? (Or
keywords to try on google?) Is this located somewhere near cognitive