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Reported here is a study in which the dynamic depiction of three-dimensional datais compared with traditional static scatterplots, particularly with respect to the ability of observers to extract cluster information from multivariate data sets.
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Marchak, F.M., Whitney, D.A. Dynamic graphics in the exploratory analysis of multivariate data. Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, & Computers 22, 176–178 (1990). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03203141
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