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Statistical methods generally try to show that a hypothesis is true or not. More specifically statistic investigate whether a difference exists (testing) or how big the difference is (estimating). For graphical inference you want to know whether a difference is actually here, so graphical inference works as testing procedure. | Statistical methods generally try to show that a hypothesis is true or not. More specifically statistic investigate whether a difference exists (testing) or how big the difference is (estimating). For graphical inference you want to know whether a difference is actually here, so graphical inference works as testing procedure. In statistics this is called a null hypothesis H0 (the situation) and the alternative hypothesis (the assumption). The result of a statistical test can take two fault conditions: | ||
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Graphical Inference for Infovis
The following article summarizes the work of [Wickham et al., 2010] on graphical inference.
Introduction
Information visualization provides tools to show new relations in data. Statistics instead provides methods that can examine if an assumption is correct or not. Graphical inference tries to find a balance between these two methods. With the help of apophenia, the capability of human to detect patterns in noise, hypotheses can be established. The goal of graphical inference is, as in statistics, to reveal faulty conclusions.
Motivation
Statistical methods generally try to show that a hypothesis is true or not. More specifically statistic investigate whether a difference exists (testing) or how big the difference is (estimating). For graphical inference you want to know whether a difference is actually here, so graphical inference works as testing procedure. In statistics this is called a null hypothesis H0 (the situation) and the alternative hypothesis (the assumption). The result of a statistical test can take two fault conditions: