Beyond Bar and Line Graphs: Time for a New Data Presentation Paradigm

Tracey L. Weissgerber; Natasa M. Milic; Stacey J. Winham; Vesna D. Garovic

doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.1002128

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Beyond Bar and Line Graphs: Time for a New Data Presentation Paradigm

Tracey L. Weissgerber ,

* E-mail: weissgerber.tracey@mayo.edu

Affiliation Division of Nephrology & Hypertension, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America
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Natasa M. Milic,

Affiliations Division of Nephrology & Hypertension, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America, Department of Biostatistics, Medical Faculty, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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Stacey J. Winham,

Affiliation Division of Biomedical Statistic and Informatics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America
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Vesna D. Garovic

Affiliation Division of Nephrology & Hypertension, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America
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Beyond Bar and Line Graphs: Time for a New Data Presentation Paradigm

Tracey L. Weissgerber,
Natasa M. Milic,
Stacey J. Winham,
Vesna D. Garovic

Published: April 22, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1002128

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Scatter Dot Plot in IgorPro

Posted by plossjroyle on 14 May 2015 at 21:34 GMT

Since the authors are welcoming instructions for other programs... to make these plots in IgorPro (Wavemetrics) select Windows>New>Packages>Scatter Dot Plot or type #include <Scatter Dot Plot> into the procedure window. The dialog box is straightforward to follow. This package was (I think) programmed in IgorPro by Nate Hyde, all credit to him.

Great article. I wrote about bar chart alternatives a while back, focussing on Violin Plots.
http://quantixed.wordpres...

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