Visual Display of Quantitative Information - 2nd Edition

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On-line Price: $71.95 (includes GST) Hardcover package 197 10%Off Retail Price You save: $8.00 Usually ships in 2-3 weeks	Retail Price: $79.95 Publisher: Graphics Press,May-2001 Category: GRAPHICS/DESIGN Level: B/I/A ISBN: 0961392142 ISBN13: 9780961392147
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The classic book on statistical graphics, charts, tables. Theory and practice in the design of data graphics, 250 illustrations of the best (and a few of the worst) statistical graphics, with detailed analysis of how to display data for precise, effective, quick analysis. Design of the high-resolution displays, small multiples. Editing and improving graphics. The data-ink ratio. Time-series, relational graphics, data maps, multivariate designs. Detection of graphical deception: design variation vs. data variation. Sources of deception. Aesthetics and data graphical displays.

This is the second edition of The Visual Display of Quantitative Information. Recently published, this new edition provides excellent color reproductions of the many graphics of William Playfair, adds color to other images, and includes all the changes and corrections accumulated during 17 printings of the first edition.

      'A landmark book, a wonderful book.'

FREDERICK MOSTELLER

'A tour de force.' JOHN W. TUKEY

  'The century's best book on statistical graphics.' COMPUTING REVIEWS

  'A classic, as beautiful physically as it is intellectually.' OPTICAL ENGINEERING

  'One of the best books you will ever see.' DATAMATION

  'A visual Strunk and White.'

BOSTON GLOBE

  'Original, beautifully presented, sharp and learned, this book is a work of art. The art here is cognitive art, the graphic display of relations and empirical data.' SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN

        'Best 100 books of the 20th century.'

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This new second edition of The Visual Display of Quantitative Information has recently been translated into Brazilian Portuguese, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, and Spanish. These seven editions are produced at the same elegant level of printing and design as the original English edition.