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Title: Framed! Reproducing and Revisiting 150-Year-Old Charts

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2019

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ISSN: 15372715

DOI: 10.1080/10618600.2018.1562937

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Abstract: The Statistical Atlases published by the Census Bureau in the late 1800s utilized a number of novel methods for displaying data. In this paper, we examine the use of framed spine and mosaic plots used in two plates of the Statistical Atlas of 1870. We use forensic statistics to recreate the data using available census information, and then use that data to create framed charts using modern plotting methods. We then examine the effectiveness of the framed charts compared to other alternatives with a user study. The data and code for this study are available online.

Url: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10618600.2018.1562937

Url: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10618600.2018.1562937

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Authors: VanderPlas, Susan; Ryan, Goluch C.; Hofmann, Heike

Periodical (Full): Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics

Issue: 3

Volume: 28

Pages: 620-634

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Methodology and Data Collection, Other, Population Data Science

Countries: United States