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Survival time (years)
15 20 25
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plot, which displays the survival of 726 slate workers from 1975 to the present
day, compared to the survival of 529 controls who were ... rank)
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Figure 8.2 Scatterplot and lowess smoothing plot of monthly prescriptions for
non-SSRIs antidepressants, for a general practice over 42 m...
... heights for men and women
in separate histograms as in Figure 4.7. However, when using histograms
to display data from several groups, it is important to ensure that both
the axes are on the ... his-
togram is that not only does it show the frequency in each stem but that it
retains the individual values of the data.
4.5 Histograms
A common method for displaying continuous data is a...
... 0.384
Divorced (relative to married) 0.49 (0.05 to 4.81) 0.543
Widowed (relative to married) 0.84 (0.35 to 2.00) 0.695
Group (0 ϭ Control, 1 ϭ Intervention) 1.80 (0.79 to 4.09) 0.159
CI: Confi ... this chapter described a method for displaying
categorical outcome data. In addition to the grouping variable it is often
important to adjust for other explanatory variables, in which...
... for an audience to read and
should be used for the text on slides. Text is always meant to be read and so
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when considering text on slides it is important to bear this ... presentation. How to present results in papers has been covered in previ-
ous chapters.
When giving an oral presentation to an audience there are several points
to be considered...
... on how to draw fi gures and display data. The purpose of this book
is to give advice on the best methods to display data which have arisen from
a variety of different sources. We have tried to ... as it is easier to scan down a column than across a row.
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Contents
Preface, vii
1 Introduction to data display, 1
2 How to display data badly, 9
3 Displaying univariate categorical data, 17
4 Displaying quantitative data, 29
5 Displaying the relationship between ... on how to draw fi gures and display data. The purpose of this book
is to give advice on the best methods to display data which have arisen from
a variety of differ...
... 11.1
Divorced/separated 11 4.9
Total 226 100.0
Introduction to data display 3
Box 1.1 Useful questions to ask when considering how to display
information
• What do you want to show?
• What methods are ... means or standard devi-
ations, as it is easier to scan down a column than across a row.
4
However, it
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be categorised into distinct groups, su...
... skills and
knowledge to display your data appropriately.
• In addition, you will be able to distinguish between bad graphs and good
graphs and know how to transform the former into the latter and ... 2003.
7 Huff D. How to lie with statistics. London: Penguin Books; 1991.
9
Chapter 2 How to display data badly
2.1 Introduction
There are a great many ways in which data can...
... 2004, of qualifi ed nurses/midwives
compared to doctors in training and their equivalents.
6
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The baseline that groups are compared to can be further obscured in other
less ... between these two.
5
It then
becomes much clearer how each country relates to the others in Europe with
respect to population size.
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3 Mortaility...