Biometrical Letters vol. 47(1), 2010, pp. 57-68


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CALL FOR MORE GRAPHICAL ELEMENTS IN STATISTICAL TEACHING AND CONSULTANCY

Marcin Kozak1, Jan Bocianowski2, Sylwia Sawkojć3, Agnieszka Wnuk1

1Department of Experimental Design and Bioinformatics, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Nowoursynowska 159, 02-776 Warsaw, Poland, e-mail: nyggus@gmail.com
2Department of Mathematical and Statistical Methods, Poznań University of Life Sciences,Wojska Polskiego 28, 60-637 Poznań, Poland
3Department of Soil Environment Sciences, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Nowoursynowska 159, 02-776 Warsaw, Poland


This paper suggests that, all too often, graphical elements are discounted in statistical practice. Properly constructed graphs can greatly help understand data and statistical analysis, so the more of them used in statistical teaching and consultancy, the better. We present an example of the usefulness of graphs in studying associations among six soil properties.


correlation, graphical statistics, information graphics, scatterplot matrix, visualization.