Visual Revelations: Graphical Tales of Fate and Deception from Napoleon Bonaparte to Ross Perot - Couverture souple

Wainer, Howard

 
9781461274865: Visual Revelations: Graphical Tales of Fate and Deception from Napoleon Bonaparte to Ross Perot
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ISBN 10 : 1461274869 ISBN 13 : 9781461274865
Editeur : Howard Wainer, 1997

Synopsis

This extraordinary book provides a journey through the jungle of good and bad graphical devices used to illustrate and obfuscate data. The diversity of examples is tremendous: ranging from Napoleon's retreat from Moscow to the O-rings on the space shuttle and from mortalities in hospitals to the schedules of buses. The author's aim is to illustrate how effectively a well-chosen graphic can reveal in an instant the essential truth behind some data whilst a poorly designed representation can conceal an awful truth. As well as providing numerous examples of both, the author includes plenty of helpful ideas to make us all better producers and consumers of graphics.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

To function in modern society complex data must be absorbed and understood at a breakneck pace. The most efficient way to do this is through data-based graphics. This book is an exploration and celebration of graphical methods of data presentation.

Visual Revelations' principal purpose is to enlighten, inform, and amuse the reader regarding the shortcomings of common graphical practices; particularly how they can misinform while simultaneously providing models of wonderful graphics. There are many examples of the best graphic practice, graphs that go beyond conveying, facts, and structure to be able to carry emotion as well.

Aimed at an educated, lay audience, this volume benefits anyone who must either convey or receive quantitative information, including designers, statisticians, and people in the media.

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Éditeur
Howard Wainer
Date d'édition
1997
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1461274869
ISBN 13 
9781461274865
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
204
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ISBN 10 :  0805838783 ISBN 13 :  9780805838787
Editeur : Psychology Press, 2000
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