Error Bars Considered Harmful : Exploring Alternate Encodings for Mean and Error

When making an inference or comparison with uncertain, noisy, or incomplete data, measurement error and confidence intervals can be as important for judgment as the actual mean values of different groups. These often misunderstood statistical quantities are frequently represented by bar charts with...

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Veröffentlicht in:IEEE transactions on visualization and computer graphics. - 1996. - 20(2014), 12 vom: 26. Dez., Seite 2142-51
1. Verfasser: Correll, Michael (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Gleicher, Michael
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2014
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:IEEE transactions on visualization and computer graphics
Schlagworte:Journal Article Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
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