Exploratory data analysis
By: John W. Tukey.
Series: Addison-Wesley series in behavioral science
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Pub. Co.
Published: 1977
Place of publication: Reading, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 688
Subjects: Statistics.
First sentence: Exploratory data analysis is detective work — — numerical detective work — — or counting detective work — — or graphical detective work.
Notes: On spine: EDA.
Includes index.
Table of contents: title: . <b>1 Scratching Down Numbers (stem-and-leaf)</b>, 1; title: Comments about the page index, 2; title: 1A Quantitative detective work, 1; title: 1B Pratical arithmetic, 3; title: 1C Scratching down numbers, 6; title: 1D Doing better with setm-and-leaf, 7; title: 1E Using the right number of stems, 11; title: 1F How to count by tallying, 16; title: 1G What does it mean to "feel what the data are like"?, 19; title: 1H How far have we come?; title: 1K How to use stem-and-leaf to pick up additional information (optimal technique), 23; title: 1P Additional problems, 25; title: . <b>2 Schematic Summaries (pictures and numbers)</b>, 27; title: 2A Extremes and median, 29; title: 2B Hinges and 5-number summaries, 32; title: 2C Box-and-wisker plots, 39; title: 2D Fences, and outside values, 43; title: 2E Schematic plots, 47; title: 2F Pros and cons; the Rayleigh example, 49; title: 2G Eights, sisteenths, etc., 53; title: 2H How far hve we come?, 55; title: . <b>3 Easy Re-Expression</b>, 57; title: 3A Logarithms = logs, 59; title: 3B Quick logs, 61; title: 3C Comparisons of two batches 64; title: 3D Quick roots and quick reciprocals, 69; title: 3E Looking quickly, 79; title: 3F Counted data, 83; title: 3G Relation among powers and logs (optional), 86; title: 3H How far have we come?, 92; title: 3K How to think about logs (background), 93; title: 3P Additional problems, 93; title: . <b>4 Effective Comparison (including well-chosen expression)</b>, 97; title: 4A Alternative forms of display of summaries, 99; title: 4B Comparing several batches (continued), 102; title: 4C A more extensive example, 105; title: 4D The meaning of comparison, 110; title: 4E Adjustments, rough and exact, 110; title: 4F Residuals, 113; title: 4H How far have we come?, 115; title: 4P Additional problems, 116; title: . <b>5 Plots of Relationship</b>, 125; title: 5A How to plot <i>y</i> against <i>x</i>, 126; title: 5B Looking at subtraction, 131; title: 5C Subtracting straight lines, 135; title: 5D Plotting the population of the U.S.A., 141; title: 5E Plotting the ratio of births to deaths, 148; title: 5F Untilting defines "tilt", 157; title: 5H How far have we come?, 156; title: 5P Additional problems, 157; title: . <b>6 Straight Out Plots (using three points)</b>, 169; title: 6A Looking at three points, 171; title: 6B Re-expressing <i>y</i> alone, 172; title: 6C Re-expression <i>x</i> alone, 175; title: 6D A breaking example, 181; title: 6E The vapor pressure of H<sub>2</sub>O, 187; title: 6F Re-expressing the second variable, 191; title: 6G Wise change of origin as a preliminary, 193; title: 6H How far have we come?, 197; title: 6P Additional problems, 199; title: . <b>7 Smoothing Sequences</b>, 205; title: 7A Medians of 3, 210; title: 7B Eye resmoothing, 214; title: 7C Looking ahead, 216; title: 7D Copyong-on- - and more, usually, 221; title: 7E Blurring the smooth--and setting the fences, 223; title: 7F Splitting peaks and valleys, 227; title: 7G Hanning, 231; title: 7H How far have we come?, 235; title: . <b>7<sup>+</sup> Optional Sections for Chapter 7</b>, 237; title: 7I Breaking a smooth, 237; title: 7J Choice of expression, 247; title: 7K A two-section example, 259; title: 7M How much more may we have learned?, 264; title: . <b>8 Parallel and Wandering Schematic Plots</b>, 265; title: 8A Parallel schematic plots, 265; title: 8B Smoothing the cross-medians, 274; title: 8C Smoothing broken hihges, 276; title: 8D Dealing with the two questions, 279; title: 8E Wandering semantic plots, 283; title: 8F A more demanding example: Governor's salary and bank deposits, 287; title: 8G Further questions/analysis in the example, 298; title: 8H How far have we come?, 306; title: 8I The need to smooth both coordinates (optional), 307; title: . <b>9 Delineations of Batches of Points</b>, 309; title: 9A E-traces and D-traces, 309; title: 9B Simple dileneation - - Twin Riyers again, 311; title: 9C Reduced and schematic delineations, 313; title: 9D What our schematic plots and delineations have missed, 319; title: 9E Threee variables at once - - or more, 321; title: 9H How far have we come?, 329; title: . <b>10 Using Two-Way Analysis</b>, 331; title: 10A Two-way risiduals; row-PLUS-column analysis, 332; title: 10B The row-PLUS-column fit, 337; title: 10C Some points of technique, 343; title: 10D Row-TIMES-column analysis, 344; title: 10E Looking at row-PLUS-column fits and their residuals, 349; title: 10F Fitting one more constant, 352; title: 10G Converting PLUS to TIMES; re-expression, 358; title: 10H How far have we come?, 360; title: . <b>11 Making Two-Way Analyses</b>, 362; title: 11A Taking medians out, 363; title: 11B Alternative organizations of the arithmetic, 372; title: 11C Making the core of a two-way plot, 374; title: 11D Going on with the residuals, 378; title: 11E Coding risiduals; condensing fits and residuals, 382; title: 11F We can combine!, 390; title: 11G Guidance for expression, 396; title: 11H How far have we come?, 399; title: . <b>11<sup>+</sup> Optional Sections for Chapters 10 and 11</b>, 401; title: 11I Exploring beyond PLUS-one (extends Chapter 10), 401; title: 11J Taking out any summary, 404; title: 11K An example of re-expresssion - - city killings, 408; title: 11L An unusual fit, 415; title: 11M How much more may we have learned?, 419; title: . <b>12 Advanced Fits</b>, 420; title: 12A PLUS-one fits, 421; title: 12B Picutres for "-Plus-one" fits, 424; title: 12C Making those pictures, 428; title: 12D Sometimes we can have parallel-line plots, still, 431; title: 12E More extended fits, 438; title: 12F Simplification is sometimes possible, 438; title: 12H How far have we come?, 441; title: . <b>13 Three-Way Fits</b>, 443; title: 13A Three- and more-way analyses: Arrangement and tagging, 443; title: 13B An analysis of the psychological example, 448; title: 13C Making three-way analysis, 452; title: 13D Three-way re-expression, 458; title: 13E More about the example, 462; title: 13H How far have we come?, 465; title: . <b>14 Looking in Two or More Ways at Batches of Points</b>, 466; title: 14A Coordinates and level traces, 467; title: 14B Different middle traces for the same slices, 470; title: 14C An explanation, 475; title: 14D Changing the slicing coordinate, 476; title: 14E What matters?; title: 14F Rematching and strength of relationship, 482; title: 14H How far have we come?, 491; title: 14I The ubiquity of medians (optional section), 492; title: . <b>15 Counted Fractions</b>, 494; title: 15A Started counts and counted fractions, 496; title: 15B Three matched scales for counted fractions, 498; title: 15C Quicker calculations, 502; title: 15D Examples where careful expression clearly pays off, 508; title: 15E Double Folding &#8212; &#8212; the 2 x 2 case, 513; title: 15F Double folding &#8212; &#8212; larger cases, 516; title: 15G Easy froots and flogs with a slide rule (optional), 520; title: 15H How far have we come?, 522; title: . <b>16 Better Smoothing</b>, 523; title: 16A Reroughing, 523; title: 16B Some examples, 526; title: 16C If w want things still smother, 531; title: 16D Further possibilities, 534; title: 16H How far have we come?, 542; title: . <b>17 COUNTS in BIN after BIN</b>, 543; title: 17A Root smooth and root rough, 453; title: 17B Counts of basic counts, 550; title: 17C Fitting to smoothed roots, 555; title: 17D Corn borers, wheat prices, and Student's simulations, 561; title: 17E Bins of unequal width, 570; title: 17F Double roots, 576; title: 17G Cautionary examples, 582; title: 17H How far have we come?, 587; title: . <b>18 Product-Ratio Plots</b>, 588; title: 18A Sizes and counts, 589; title: 18B Product-ratio analysis, 594; title: 18C Forcing the unusual to be noticed, 598; title: 18D Comparisons between collections, 602; title: 18E Looking at the smallest basic count, 604; title: 18F When zeros are counted, 605; title: 18G Under the microscope, 608; title: 18H How far have we come?, 612; title: . <b>19 Shapes of Distributions</b>, 614; title: 19A Looking at shapes of distribution, 616; title: 19B The Gaussian reference, 623; title: 19C Using letter values to look at shapes of distribution, 626; title: 19D Pushback technique (optinal section), 637; title: 19H How far have we come?, 644; title: . <b>20 Mathematical Distributions</b>, 646; title: 20A Binnings vs. distributions, 648; title: 20B Densities for distributions vs. densities for binnings, 651; title: 20C Tables and pictures comparing two sets of shapes of distributions, 654; title: 20H How far have we come?, 661; title: . <b>21 Postscript</b>, 662; title: 21A Our relationship to the computer, 663; title: 21B What as been omitted?, 664; title: 21C How should the past chapters look different?, 665; title: 21D What have we been introduced to?, 666; title: <b>Glossary</b>, 667; title: <b>Index to Reference Tables</b>, 677; title: <b>Frontpapers</b>; title: 1 Break table for two-decimal logs; title: 2 Break table for (square) roots; title: 3 Main break table&#8212; &#8212;digits of negative reciprocals; title: <b>Rearpapers</b>; title: 4 Pluralities, folded roots, folded logarithms; title: 5 Value of log<sub><i>e</i></sub> &#8730;(count + 1/6); title: 6 Values of &#8730;(count + 1/6)