Saturday, May 3, 2008

Grapharti: A New Visual Summary of Data

Hilary Green Macquarie University
Journal of Statistics Education Volume 15, Number 3 (2007)

Abstract
This paper refers to a graph called grapharti which I have developed. Grapharti is designed to organise and display large amounts of data obtained from surveys, opinion polls, course/teacher evaluations, sports and the stock market. The data are retrieved from a database and displayed on a web page. The purpose of this paper is to show that grapharti can encourage exploration of and facilitate insight into large amounts of data, and thus be used as a tool in statistical education. Users of grapharti are enticed to explore the data and this in turn results in reflection on the data. With the focus on the graph and the data, the user can visualise some statistical concepts in a new manner.

Key Words: dynamic graphs, use of colour in statistical graphics

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