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  1. bs2 @[email protected] ·

    Rereading a print out of Howard Wainer's _Understanding Graphs and Tables_, it's what had me searching murder rates and El Salvador. Wainer writes key phrases I should remember: an "orienting attitude", a "redesign task must first try to develop and understanding of purpose..."
    csis.pace.edu/~marchese/CS397Z
    #HowardWainer #TableDesign #DataPresentation #GraphsAndTables

    #graphsandtables #datapresentation #tabledesign #howardwainer
  2. bs2 @[email protected] ·

    > "Getting information from a table is like extracting sunlight from a cucumber."
    jstor.org/stable/1165236
    files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED3
    #HowardWainer quoting #FarquharAndFarquhar #Farquhar from 1891 #SunlightFromACucumber #DataTables

    #datatables #sunlightfromacucumber #farquhar #farquharandfarquhar #howardwainer