Graphical perception: Theory, experimentation, and application to the development of graphical methods

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Volumn 79, Issue 387, 1984, Pages 531-554

  Cleveland, William S ^a   McGill, Robert ^a  

^a LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer graphics; Psychophysics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893774779     PISSN: 01621459     EISSN: 1537274X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01621459.1984.10478080     Document Type: Article

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