VISUAL REVELATIONS Graphical Tales of Fate and Deception from Napoleon Bonaparte to Ross Perot

WAINER, HOWARD

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ISBN 10: 038794902X ISBN 13: 9780387949024

Published by COPERNICUS/SPRINGER-VERLAG, NY, 1997

Language: English

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VISUAL REVELATIONS Graphical Tales of Fate and Deception from Napoleon Bonaparte to Ross Perot

Publisher

COPERNICUS/SPRINGER-VERLAG, NY

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1997

Language

English

ISBN 10

038794902X

ISBN 13

9780387949024

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Hardcover

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First Edition

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Fine

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This extraordinary book provides a journey through the jungle of good and bad graphical devices used to illustrate and mystify data. The diversity of examples ranges from Napoleons retreat from Moscow to the O-rings on the space shuttle, and from mortalities in hospitals to bus schedules. The author illustrates how a well-chosen graphic can reveal in an instant the essential truth behind some data, whilst a poorly designed representation can be used to conceal the awful truth. As well as providing numerous examples of both, the author includes numerous suggestions to make us all better producers and consumers of graphics.

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Dr Howard Wainer is a Distinguished Research Scientist for the National Board of Medical Examiners and Adjunct Professor of Statistics at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

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