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Record Nr.

UNINA9911019355803321

Autore

Young Forrest W

Titolo

Visual statistics : seeing data with dynamic interactive graphics / / Forrest W. Young, Pedro M. Valero-Mora, Michael Friendly

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley-Interscience, c2006

ISBN

9786613279958

9781283279956

1283279959

9781118165409

1118165403

9781118165416

1118165411

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (396 p.)

Collana

Wiley series in probability and statistics

Classificazione

31.73

Altri autori (Persone)

Valero-MoraPedro <1967->

FriendlyMichael

Disciplina

001.4/226

Soggetti

Statistics - Graphic methods

Statistics

Computer graphics

Information visualization

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 (p. 339-349) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Introduction -- pt. 2. See data : the process -- pt. 3. Seeing data : objects.

Sommario/riassunto

A visually intuitive approach to statistical data analysisVisual Statistics brings the most complex and advanced statistical methods within reach of those with little statistical training by using animated graphics of the data. Using ViSta: The Visual Statistics System-developed by Forrest Young and Pedro Valero-Mora and available free of charge on the Internet-students can easily create fully interactive visualizations from relevant mathematical statistics, promoting perceptual and cognitive understanding of the data's story. An emphasis is placed on a paradigm for understanding data