Information Graphics: A Comprehensive Illustrated ReferenceThis beautifully illustrated book is the first complete handbook to visual information. Well written, easy to use, and carefully indexed, it describes the full range of charts, graphs, maps, diagrams, and tables used daily to manage, analyze, and communicate information. It features over 3,000 illustrations, making it an ideal source for ideas on how to present information. It is an invaluable tool for anyone who writes or designs reports, whether for scientific journals, annual reports, or magazines and newspapers. |
Contents
Section 1 | 18 |
Section 2 | 25 |
Section 3 | 34 |
Section 4 | 36 |
Section 5 | 70 |
Section 6 | 72 |
Section 7 | 78 |
Section 8 | 106 |
Section 15 | 252 |
Section 16 | 269 |
Section 17 | 332 |
Section 18 | 334 |
Section 19 | 351 |
Section 20 | 360 |
Section 21 | 377 |
Section 22 | 403 |
Section 9 | 151 |
Section 10 | 160 |
Section 11 | 180 |
Section 12 | 195 |
Section 13 | 201 |
Section 14 | 207 |
Section 23 | 410 |
Section 24 | 414 |
Section 25 | 430 |
Section 26 | 432 |
Section 27 | 441 |
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Information Graphics: A Comprehensive Illustrated Reference : Visual Tools ... Robert L. Harris No preview available - 1996 |
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activity actual values and/or arrows axes bar chart bar graph Brand candlestick charts charts and graphs circle class interval color column graph comparison contour lines control charts coordinate cumulative frequency data elements data graphics data points data set designate deviation graph diagram dimensional display dollars drop lines encoded entities equal fitted curve frequently Graph continued grid lines grouped histogram horizontal axis icons illustrate indicate information graphics labels legend line graph linear located logarithmic major moving average multiple data series normal distribution normally one-axis overlap patterns percentile PERT chart pie chart plane plotted point graph polygon Product projections quantitative scales rectangle represent scatter graph segments sequence scale shading sometimes called specific Statistical Map surface graph symbols things three-dimensional graphs tick marks two-dimensional type of graph typically upper Variable variations vector vertical axis vertical line viewer width X-axis Y-axis Z-axis zero base line
Popular passages
Page 445 - Graphical Perception: Theory, Experimentation, and Application to the Development of Graphical Methods," Journal of the American Statistical Association 79 (September 1984), 531-554.