Data visualization: Preference and use of two-dimensional and three-dimensional graphs

Social Science Computer Review

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 256-263

  Fisher III, Samuel H ^a,b   Dempsey, John V ^a   Marousky, Robert T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

^b Department of Political Science ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Charts; Data visualization; Datagraphics; Graphing

Indexed keywords

EID: 21744457028     PISSN: 08944393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/089443939701500303     Document Type: Article

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