Re: [R] perception of graphical data

2007-08-25 Thread Henric Nilsson (Public)
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

[R] perception of graphical data

2007-08-24 Thread Yeh, Richard C
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,

Re: [R] perception of graphical data

2007-08-24 Thread roger koenker
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]

Re: [R] perception of graphical data

2007-08-24 Thread David James
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

Re: [R] perception of graphical data

2007-08-24 Thread John Fox
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

Re: [R] perception of graphical data

2007-08-24 Thread hadley wickham
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