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== Charts and Graphs == | == Charts and Graphs == | ||
In The Visual Display of Graphical Information of Edward Tufte, a milestone in the theory of graph design, principles of graph design are discussed. One of them is: | |||
Try to maximise the data density. | |||
== References == | == References == |
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Definition
Data Density means the number of data points per ara of the graph (that is the number of pixels in the display where number of pixels does not include the pixels in the window borders, menus, etc.).
[Brath, 1997]
Charts and Graphs
In The Visual Display of Graphical Information of Edward Tufte, a milestone in the theory of graph design, principles of graph design are discussed. One of them is: Try to maximise the data density.
References
[Barth, 1997] R. Barth. Metrics for effective information visualization. In Proceedings of the 1997 IEEE Symposium on Information Visualization (InfoVis '97), pages 0–108, DC, USA, October 1997. IEEE Computer Society Washington
[Hunt and Mashhoudy, 2002] Neville Hunt and Housh Mashhoudy, Discovering Important Statistical Concepts Using SpreadSheets. Created at: January 29, 2002. Retrieved at: October 28, 2006. http://home.ched.coventry.ac.uk/Volume/vol0/philosop.htm.