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A (Brief) History of Statistical Graphics&
Critiquing Statistical Graphics
Matey Neykov36-315
Department of Statistics & Data ScienceCarnegie Mellon University
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Why Learn About Statistical Graphics?
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Why Learn About Statistical Graphics?
Joseph L. Brothers, Linux/PowerPC Project
“Absolutely nothing should be concluded from these figures exceptthat no conclusion can be drawn from them.”
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Earliest GraphicsFirst Cave Art (40000 years ago)
Star Maps (Lascaux caves France, 16500 years ago)
Geographic Maps – symbols/colors on clay tablets (5000 years ago)
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Map of the Tracks of Yu The Great
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I 11th century China
I coastal outline veryaccurate
I high precision ofrivers
I scale is almostexact
I carved into 3-ftwide stone tablet
Map of the Tracks of Yu The Great
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Cosmographia by Apianus (1546)
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La Verdadera Longitud por Mar y Toledo (1644)
Estimates of the longitudinal distance from Rome to Toledo
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Playfair – England’s Imports and Exports (1786)
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Snow – Cholera Mapping (1854)
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Jon Snow
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Minard – Napolean’s March To Moscow (1861)
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Minard – French Wine Exports (1864)
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Galactic Civil War
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Diamonds Were A Girl’s Best Friend
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Fuel Economy
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Gun Deaths in Florida
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Fox News – Presidential Candidates
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Temperature in Arizona
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Temperature in Arizona
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How Many People Have Ever Lived?
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Electric Vehicle Sales
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Hourly Wages to Afford Two-Bedroom Apartment
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NFL’s “Color-Rush”
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NFL’s “Color-Rush”
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Top 100 Tweeters
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Never Make 3-D Pie Charts
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The Only Acceptable Pie Chart
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