Filled Radar Charts Should not be Used to Compare Social Indicators

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 709-712

  Feldman, Roger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Filled radar chart; Social indicators; Spatial data

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; GRAPHICAL METHOD; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR; SPATIAL DATA;

EID: 84875501738     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-012-0028-6     Document Type: Article

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