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Activity Number: 456
Type: Topic Contributed
Date/Time: Wednesday, August 1, 2007 : 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM
Sponsor: Section on Statistical Graphics
Abstract - #308547
Title: Using Graphics To Discover and Explore
Author(s): Julia Wang*+
Companies: Johnson & Johnson PRD
Address: 920 Route 202 S, Raritan, NJ, 08869,
Keywords: Statistical graphics ; S-plus
Abstract:

Rapid advancements have been made during the last 15 years or so in statistical visualization techniques. Statistical software such as S-plus provides an extensive set of tools to construct graphics to aid in the interpretation and presentation of clinical data. In this presentation, several examples will be given to illustrate the importance of graphing subject-level data and the limitations of traditional summary statistics-based graphics.


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