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The Visual Display of Quantitative Information Hardback - 1992
by Tufte, Edward R
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- Title The Visual Display of Quantitative Information
- Author Tufte, Edward R
- Binding Hardback
- Edition First Edition
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 197
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Graphics Press, Cheshire, CT
- Publication date February 1992
- Illustrated Yes
- Bookseller's Inventory # 4458634-6
- ISBN 9780961392109 / 096139210X
- Weight 2.35 lbs (1.07 kg)
- Dimensions 10.92 x 9.01 x 0.87 in (27.74 x 22.89 x 2.21 cm)
- Category Computers - Desktop Publishing
- Library of Congress subjects Statistics - Graphic methods
- Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2020475549
- Dewey Decimal Code 001.422
- Quantity available 8
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About this book
Data graphics visually display measured quantities by means of the combined use of points, lines, a coordinate system, numbers, symbols, words, shading, and color. This is a book about the design of statistical graphics and, as such, it is concerned both with design and with statistics. But it is also about how to communicate information through the simultaneous presentation of words, numbers, and pictures.
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Readers are divided. Admirers hail it as a seminal, repeatedly useful reference that elevates data visualization, especially for scientific work. Critics say it’s dated and fixated on static, handcrafted aesthetics, offering little guidance for modern software or interactive media. Some flag accessibility issues and design tweaks that privilege elegance over legibility. Many suggest it functions best as theory rather than a practical how-to.
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Excellence in statistical graphics consists of complex ideas communicated with clarity, precision, and efficiency.
