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snark of the day: new "features" (??) in Mathematica 7

4 messages · Ben Bolker, Douglas Bates, Marc Schwartz +1 more

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On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 10:34 AM, Ben Bolker <bolker at ufl.edu> wrote:

            
I think that on this one we should follow Nancy Reagan's advice and
"Just say no".

I wonder if they have read Tufte's descriptions of "chart junk".  If
so they missed the point that chart junk isn't a good thing.
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On Jan 11, 2010, at 11:00 AM, Douglas Bates wrote:

            
There is a certain irony in their using cows for symbols in the second  
chart...

Regards,

Marc Schwartz
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Marc Schwartz wrote:
Wrong gender, isn't it?

At least(?) they are not replicating the classic example from "How to 
Lie with Statistics" where the cows grow proportionally in all three 
dimensions.