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Activity Number:
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242
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Type:
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Topic Contributed
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Date/Time:
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Tuesday, July 31, 2007 : 8:30 AM to 10:20 AM
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Sponsor:
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Section on Statistical Graphics
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| Abstract - #308542 |
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Title:
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Statistical Graphics for Everyday Use?
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Author(s):
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John Emerson*+ and Frederick Wicklin*+ and Leland Wilkinson*+
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Companies:
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Yale University and SAS Institute Inc. and SPSS Inc.
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Address:
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438 Humphrey St, New Haven, CT, 06511, SAS Campus Drive, S3030, Cary, NC, 27511, 233 South Wacker Drive 11th fl, Chicago, IL, 60606,
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Abstract:
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There is a discrepancy between research in statistical graphics, their implementation in statistical software packages, and their use in daily data analysis applications. This session will discuss various modern graphical methods and strategies in graphical data analysis with regard to their usefulness and generality. Whereas open-source software allows prototyping and adopts new research ideas fast, it often fails to establish standards in graphical methods. Commercial software is more conservative in adding graphical methods, but brings them to a diverse user base. In this context, several questions should be discussed: Which commonly available methods are only "chart-junk," and which are outdated? Are there general rules for the construction of "good graphics"? How should missing values and survey weights be treated? Will more recent methods become standard graphical tools?
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- Authors who are presenting talks have a * after their name.
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