Graphical Perception and Graphical Methods for Analyzing Scientific Data.

Cleveland, William S.; McGill, Robert

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ERIC Number: EJ324411

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1985

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Graphical Perception and Graphical Methods for Analyzing Scientific Data.

Cleveland, William S.; McGill, Robert

Science, v229 n4716 p828-33 Aug 30 1985

Graphical perception is the visual decoding of the quantitative and qualitative information encoded on graphs. Some recent theoretical/experimental investigations of graphical perception are described, identifying certain elementary graphical-perception tasks that are performed in the visual decoding of quantitative information from graphs. (Author/JN)

Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Computer Graphics, Graphs, Microcomputers, Visual Perception

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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