The “dynamite plot”, a bar chart plotting the a mean with a error bar, is one of the most reviled types of image among statisticians. Reasons to dislike them are numerous, and are nicely summarized here. (Edward Tufte also suggests they be avoided.) …
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Example 9.15: Bar chart with error bars ("Dynamite plot")
The “dynamite plot”, a bar chart plotting the a mean with a error bar, is one of the most reviled types of image among statisticians. Reasons to dislike them are numerous, and are nicely summarized here. (Edward Tufte also suggests they be avoided.) …
Example 9.15: Bar chart with error bars ("Dynamite plot")
The “dynamite plot”, a bar chart plotting the a mean with a error bar, is one of the most reviled types of image among statisticians. Reasons to dislike them are numerous, and are nicely summarized here. (Edward Tufte also suggests they be avoided.) …
NOTE: SAS Global Forum 2012 – One door closes, another opens
The closing date for submission of papers for SAS Global Forum (SGF) 2012 has passed, but registration is now open. If you can get yourself to Florida, USA 22-25 April 2012, you will benefit from a vast array of papers (from SAS staff and from SAS cu…
Testing – Discipline
My dad says “if a job’s worth doing, it’s worth doing well”. I say “if a bit of code is worth writing, it’s worth testing it properly”. Maybe I’m stretching the old saying a little, but the principle remains true.
Software testing is a very large sub…
NOTE: SAS Global Forum 2012 – One door closes, another opens
The closing date for submission of papers for SAS Global Forum (SGF) 2012 has passed, but registration is now open. If you can get yourself to Florida, USA 22-25 April 2012, you will benefit from a vast array of papers (from SAS staff and from SAS cu…
NOTE: SAS Global Forum 2012 – One door closes, another opens
The closing date for submission of papers for SAS Global Forum (SGF) 2012 has passed, but registration is now open. If you can get yourself to Florida, USA 22-25 April 2012, you will benefit from a vast array of papers (from SAS staff and from SAS cu…
Testing – Discipline
My dad says “if a job’s worth doing, it’s worth doing well”. I say “if a bit of code is worth writing, it’s worth testing it properly”. Maybe I’m stretching the old saying a little, but the principle remains true.
Software testing is a very large sub…