Rudiments of Numeracy

Rudiments of Numeracy

Many tables of data are badly presented. It is as if their producers either did not know what the data were saying or were not letting on. Some precepts for improved data presentation are discussed.

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series a (General) Series a (General), 1977-01, Vol.140 (3), p.277-297
1. Verfasser: Ehrenberg, A. S. C.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Arithmetic mean
Correlations
data presentation
Data visualization
Freight
graphs
Numeracy
Passengers
rounding
Statistics
tables
Tankers
Tonnage
Unemployment
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Zusammenfassung:Many tables of data are badly presented. It is as if their producers either did not know what the data were saying or were not letting on. Some precepts for improved data presentation are discussed.
ISSN:0035-9238
0964-1998
2397-2327
DOI:10.2307/2344922