How to Display Data- P10 doc

... by sex, showing what each of the items displayed mean. 3 distributions of data between groups are much easier to spot with box plots than with histograms. As a result of what they display (median, ... busy. Summary • Display univariate count data using bar charts as opposed to histograms unless the number of categories is large enough to be treated as approxi- mately continuous,...

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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...

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... 24 How to Display Data be to display the data for primiparous and multiparous women separately as in Figure 3.6. However, this would be a poor method of display since the purpose ... (nϭ1745) (b) Percent Forceps delivery Vaginal breech delivery Ventouse 22 How to Display Data individuals in this category compared to 2221 in the normal delivery category and so vaginal b...

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... Complication after operation APACHE II Mild Severe Total Ͻ8 8 5 13 Ն8 5 22 27 Total 13 27 40 52 How to Display Data These overlapping data pairs would be shown as only one point or combin- ation on ... classifi cations. An angiogram 54 How to Display Data range. This suggests that there is poor agreement between two observers using the same standardised checklist to assess...

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... groups. However, it is worth not- ing that the information presented in this chapter can be generalised to more than two groups. The fi rst part of this chapter will deal with how to display ... it is recommended to add a footnote to tables, explaining the scale of measurement to help interpretation of the data presented. The table has a title explaining what is being displayed...

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... 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. 4 However, it Simpo PDF Merge and Split Unregistered Version - http://www.simpopdf.com 24 How to Display Data be t...

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... 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 2 How to Display Data be categorised into distinct groups, su...

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... 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...

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... 2004, of qualifi ed nurses/midwives compared to doctors in training and their equivalents. 6 12 How to Display Data 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. 16 How to Display Data 3 Mortaility...

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