Graphing Data : Techniques for Display and Analysis (Applied Social Research Methods Series)

Presents techniques for making data from the social sciences accessible to nontechnical audiences. Discusses insights from visual perception research relating to graphing data, and explores graphs for data summarization, display of multiple units, tabular displays, alternatives to tables, two-variable scatterplots, and creating effective legends and titles on displays. Numerous examples illustrate the characteristics of effective graphical displays of data. Paper edition (5674-4), $15.95. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.