I sent an email to Mr. Cleveland some time ago. Here is his reply:
Russell,
I am pleased you find the books useful.
I am sorry, but I did not assemble software and data sets for Elements
for distribution.
Bill
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[mailto:s-news-owner@lists.biostat.wustl.edu] On Behalf Of Spencer
Graves
Sent: Monday, June 26, 2006 9:57 PM
To: Thompson, David (MNR)
Cc: Jonathan Dakin; Splus Mailing List
Subject: Re: [S] Visualising data by cleveland
Are there script files for "The Elements of Graphing Data"?
Before I
read David Thompson's email, I didn't know that scripts and data for
"Visualizing Data" were available.
I agree with Frank that these are "awesome books", and I'd
like to
explain briefly why I think so.
For me, the the seminal contribution of "The Elements of
Graphing
Data" is its chapter summarizing research in visual perception: What
can you do in designing graphics so people get more information in less
time? The contents of this chapter have helped me, I believe, develop
more effective graphics.
The graphics in the two books seem to be the foundations of
Trellis /
Lattice graphics. They do not discuss how to create the graphics using
S-Plus or R, only why those kinds of graphics are useful. The data and
script files increase substantially the value of the book(s). When I
read the books, I remember being frustrated by not knowing how to create
the graphics. Thanks to David Thompson's email, I can now revisit
"Visualizing Data".
Spencer Graves
Thompson, David (MNR) wrote:
>> Frank E Harrell Jr wrote:
>>
>> Jonathan Dakin wrote:
>>> Could anyone comment on the relative merits of two of Cleveland's
> books:
>>> "Elements of Graphing Data" (94), and "Visualising Data" (93) ?
>>>
>>> I'm looking for fairly basic account of the principles of graphical
>>> exploration, with particular reference to Splus, which is not too
> heavy
>>> on statistical theory. My interest is medical data. If the scripts
> and
>>> datasets used in either are publicly available that would be a big
> plus.
>>> Many thanks
>>> Jonathan Dakin
>> These are awesome books and everyone who looks at data should own
them.
>
>> The Elements of Graphing Data book is the best how-to for scientific
>> graphics. There is a web site with scripts from the books although
>> Cleveland used a few customizations.
>>
>> --
>> Frank E Harrell Jr Professor and Chair School of Medicine
>> Department of Biostatistics Vanderbilt
>> University
>
> That scripts link (at least for Visualizing Data) is:
>
http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/ms/departments/sia/wsc/visualizing.datafig.ht
> ml
>
> DaveT.
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