Infovis and statistical graphics: Different goals, different looks

Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 2-28

  Gelman, Andrew ^a   Unwin, Antony ^b  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUGSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Graphics; Infovis; Statistical communication; Visualization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878228936     PISSN: 10618600     EISSN: 15372715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10618600.2012.761137     Document Type: Article

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