A (Brief) History of Statistical Graphics&

Critiquing Statistical Graphics

Matey Neykov36-315

Department of Statistics & Data ScienceCarnegie Mellon University

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Why Learn About Statistical Graphics?

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Why Learn About Statistical Graphics?

Joseph L. Brothers, Linux/PowerPC Project

“Absolutely nothing should be concluded from these figures exceptthat no conclusion can be drawn from them.”

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Earliest GraphicsFirst Cave Art (40000 years ago)

Star Maps (Lascaux caves France, 16500 years ago)

Geographic Maps – symbols/colors on clay tablets (5000 years ago)

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Map of the Tracks of Yu The Great

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I 11th century China

I coastal outline veryaccurate

I high precision ofrivers

I scale is almostexact

I carved into 3-ftwide stone tablet

Map of the Tracks of Yu The Great

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Cosmographia by Apianus (1546)

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La Verdadera Longitud por Mar y Toledo (1644)

Estimates of the longitudinal distance from Rome to Toledo

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Playfair – England’s Imports and Exports (1786)

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Snow – Cholera Mapping (1854)

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Jon Snow

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Minard – Napolean’s March To Moscow (1861)

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Minard – French Wine Exports (1864)

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Galactic Civil War

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Diamonds Were A Girl’s Best Friend

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Fuel Economy

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Gun Deaths in Florida

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Fox News – Presidential Candidates

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Temperature in Arizona

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Temperature in Arizona

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How Many People Have Ever Lived?

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Electric Vehicle Sales

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Hourly Wages to Afford Two-Bedroom Apartment

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NFL’s “Color-Rush”

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NFL’s “Color-Rush”

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Top 100 Tweeters

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Never Make 3-D Pie Charts

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The Only Acceptable Pie Chart

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