Can Graphics Tell Lies? A Tutorial on How To Visualize Your Data

Visualizations are a powerful tool for telling a story about a data set or analysis. If done correctly, visualizations not only display data but also help the audience digest key information. However, if done haphazardly, visualization has the potential to confuse the audience and, in the most extre...

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Autores principales: Cabanski, Christopher, Gilbert, Houston, Mosesova, Sofia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6039197/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29603646
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cts.12554
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spelling pubmed-60391972018-07-12 Can Graphics Tell Lies? A Tutorial on How To Visualize Your Data Cabanski, Christopher Gilbert, Houston Mosesova, Sofia Clin Transl Sci Tutorial Visualizations are a powerful tool for telling a story about a data set or analysis. If done correctly, visualizations not only display data but also help the audience digest key information. However, if done haphazardly, visualization has the potential to confuse the audience and, in the most extreme circumstances, deceive. In this tutorial, we provide a set of general principles for creating informative visualizations that tell a complete and accurate story of the data. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2018-04-26 2018-07 /pmc/articles/PMC6039197/ /pubmed/29603646 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cts.12554 Text en © 2018 The Authors. Clinical and Translational Science published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. on behalf of American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes.
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