Visualization of data has a relatively short history (The Golden Age of Visualisation by Juan C. Dürsteler, Inf@Vis), but the addition of more powerful computing and newer programs has given us the opportunity to display data in ways that are enlightening (Visualisation in the 20th century by Juan C. Dürsteler, Inf@Vis).
How to Lie with Statistics and The Best and Worst of Statistical Graphics by Michael Friendly at York University, Canada
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Jacques Bertin and his classic book, The Semiology of Graphics
Edward Tufte and his three classics
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Scholars at York University in Canada have put together a useful gallery of good methods of display and also of ideas to avoid
You have a lot of good examples to study for inspiration and emulation.
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Lessons for data analysts from the Challenger disaster tells us good data display could be a life or death issue.
Let's re-iterate our points again.
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