1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910465198203321

Autore

Kosslyn Stephen M

Titolo

Graph Design for the Eye and Mind [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; ; Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2006

ISBN

0-19-977500-1

1-282-94674-9

9786612946745

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (303 p.)

Disciplina

001.4/226

001.4226

Soggetti

Experimental design -- Graphic methods

Graphic methods

Statistics -- Graphic methods

Mathematics

Physical Sciences & Mathematics

Elementary Mathematics & Arithmetic

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; How to Use This Book; Chapter 1 Looking With the Eye and Mind; Chapter 2 Choosing a Graph Format; Chapter 3 Creating the Framework, Labels, and Title; Chapter 4 Creating Pie Graphs, Divided-Bar Graphs, and Visual Tables; Chapter 5 Creating Bar-Graph Variants; Chapter 6 Creating Line-Graph Variants and Scatterplots; Chapter 7 Creating Color, Filling, and Optional Components; Chapter 8 How People Lie With Graphs; Chapter 9 Beyond the Graph; Appendix 1 Elementary Statistics for Graphs; Appendix 2 Analyzing Graphics Programs; Appendix 3 Summary of Psychological Principles; References

Sources of Data and FiguresIndex; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Z

Sommario/riassunto

Graphs have become a fixture of everyday life, used in scientific and business publications, in magazines and newspapers, on television, on billboards, and even on cereal boxes. Nonetheless, surprisingly few



graphs communicate effectively, and most graphs fail because they do not take into account the goals, needs, and abilities of the viewers. In raph Design for Eye and Mind, Stephen Kosslyn addresses these problems by presenting eight psychological principles for constructing effective graphs. Each principle is solidly rooted both in the scientific literature on how we perceive and comprehen

2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996393477103316

Autore

Bicknoll Edmond

Titolo

A svvord against swearers and blasphemers [[electronic resource] ] : Shewing the lawfulnesse of an oth, and how great a sinne it is to sweare falsely, vainely or rashly

Pubbl/distr/stampa

At London, : Printed by G. Eld, dwelling in Fleetelane, at the signe of the Printers Presse., 1609

Edizione

[In this edition purg'd of many faultes committed in former impressions. And inlarged with sundry examples of Gods iudgements vpon periured persons and blasphemers of his holy name..]

Descrizione fisica

[8], 9-47 [i.e. 9-94], [10] p

Altri autori (Persone)

NowellAlexander <1507?-1602.>

Soggetti

Oaths

Blasphemy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

By Edmond Bicknoll; sometimes erroneously attributed to Alexander Nowell because his name appears in the introductory poem, his first name as an acrostic. Cf. STC.

Error in paging: leaf 23 numbered 25.

Signatures: A⁴ B-F⁸ G⁴.

Title within ornamental border; initials.

Imperfect: cropped, with loss of print.

Reproduction of original in: University of Texas at Austin. Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0179