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THERE ARE MANY GRAPHICAL METHODS to be demonstrated with little or no explanation. You are likely familiar with histograms and scatterplots. Many options in R have improved on these in interesting and useful ways. The ability to produce statistical graphics is a clear strength of R.
You can observe a lot by just watching.
Yogi Berra
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Ronald Aylmer Fisher (1890–1962). British geneticist and statistician.
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Johannes Gutenberg (1398–1468). German, invented movable type. This led to the wide availability of books, which, in turn, was instrumental in the Renaissance and the following scientific development.
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John Wilder Tukey (1915–2000). American statistician and mathematician.
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Leland Wilkinson (1944-2021) American statistician and computer scientist. His book cited here played an important role in the development of the ggplot package in R.
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Zelterman, D. (2022). Graphical Displays. In: Applied Multivariate Statistics with R. Statistics for Biology and Health. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-13005-2_3
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