PSYC02H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Table Table, Typesetting, Data Mining
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Exploration: the data contain a message (exploratory data analysis and data mining techniques are examples of displays that are principally exploratory) Communication: you have discovered the meaning contained in the data and want to tell others about it (this is the traditional purpose of most data displays in scientific documents) Decoration: data displays attract attention, and you may choose to use them to make your manuscript more visually appealing (as in newspapers and other media reports) The communication function of graphical displays dominates; however other features (ex. storage) may be useful in graphical representation. 5. 02 design and preparation of a data display. First step in preparing a display for submission is to determine the purpose of the display and relative important of those purposes ex. the detail required for a storage display may conflict with clarity required for a communicative one.
