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Efficient exploratory data analysis (EDA) may be aided by succinct, but informative, graphical representations (e.g., Tukey plots) that convey information about central tendency, variability, and shape of distributions, and that permit detection of outliers. Using research strategies adapted from studies of cross-modal perceptual equivalence, we show how auditory analogies of such displays may offer an effective alternative to visual plots for EDA.
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This research was supported in part by a grant from the Stanton Memorial Fund from the University of Nebraska Foundation and by the Layman Fund from the University of Nebraska Foundation. Experiment 1 is based on a Senior Honors Thesis submitted to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, College of Arts and Sciences by the second author.
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Flowers, J.H., Hauer, T.A. “Sound” alternatives to visual graphics for exploratory data analysis. Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, & Computers 25, 242–249 (1993). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03204505
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03204505