Statistical Computing and Graphics Let's Practice What We Preach: Turning Tables into Graphs
Andrew Gelman, Cristian Pasarica, Rahul M. Dodhia · 2002
Statisticians recommend graphical displays but often use tables to present their own research results. Could graphs do better? We study the question by going through the tables in a recent issue of the Journal of the American Statistical Association. We showhow it is possible to improve the presentationsusinggraphs that actually take up less space than the original tables. We nd a particularly effective tool to be multiple repeated line plots, with comparisons of interest connected by lines and separate comparisons isolated on different plots. KEY WORDS: Data reduction;Graph; Table; Visual display. 1.