To add on: http://www.edwardtufte.com gives you a direct line into the Tufte cult--or, specifically, on all 3 of Tufte's books as well as his one-day course. Though much of the course recapitulates the books' contents, Tufte is a good teacher and being able to hear his ideas and see his examples in person is helpful. The classic to which I think Mario refers below is "The Visual Display of Quantitative Information"; "Envisioning Information" and "Visual Explanations" are similarly well-written and well-designed follow-ups. The course includes the books as part of the cost. The course and books are a standard part of the training in the lab in which I work; for my part, the experience immediately changed the way I think about and create presentations and graphics. cheers Joe Wright Ghost Lab Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Immunology NIAID/NIH jwright@niaid.nih.gov > ---------- > From: Mario Roederer > Sent: Friday, December 21, 2001 3:04 PM > To: Cytometry Mailing List > Subject: RE: Paul's Tutorial on FL1, FL2, etc. > > > I am so pleased to see Al tout Tufte's spectacular book. This book > was given to me by Adam Triester many years back, and has become my > personal "graphics presentation" bible. It is not only highly > readable, it is very informative. Once you read this book, you will > never again look at a graph the same way! And, importantly, you will > never prepare a graph in quite the same way! > > You can easily order this book (US$40) from > <http://www.amazon.com>--just type "Tufte" in the search box and it's > the first thing to come up. > > This book should be right next to every other text book or dictionary > that you have on your shelf! > > mr > > >When your are trying to publish your data the goal is to create a graphic > >that allows the reader to understand at a glance what you measured and to > >let the data speak for themselves. Axis labels are but a small part of > this > >process. Read Edward Tufte, "The Visual Display of Quantitative > Information, > >Graphic Press, Cheshire, Ct, 1983, for an explanation of "Chart Junk" and > >why you don't want to clutter your graphic with redundant or superfluous > >information. > > > >Albert Donnenberg > >Pittsburgh, PA > >
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