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Product plots.

Hadley Wickham1, Heike Hofmann

  • 1Rice University, USA. hadley@rice.edu

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We introduce product plots, a novel visualization framework for statistical data. This unified approach encompasses over 20 existing methods, simplifying the representation of counts, proportions, and probabilities.

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Area of Science:

  • Statistical graphics
  • Information visualization (InfoVis)

Background:

  • Existing visualization techniques for tabular data are diverse and often specialized.
  • A unified framework is needed to connect and generalize these methods.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To propose a new, unified framework for visualizing tables of counts, proportions, and probabilities.
  • To demonstrate the framework's ability to encompass a wide range of existing visualizations.

Main Methods:

  • Developed a framework named 'product plots', based on area computation (product of height and width).
  • Linked the framework to the statistical concept of generating joint distributions from marginal and conditional distributions.
  • Showcased the framework's extensibility to include over 20 established visualizations.

Main Results:

  • The product plots framework successfully integrates diverse visualizations like bar charts, mosaic plots, treemaps, equal area plots, and fluctuation diagrams.
  • Demonstrated the mathematical underpinnings connecting area computation to statistical distributions.

Conclusions:

  • Product plots offer a cohesive and mathematically grounded approach to visualizing statistical tables.
  • The framework has the potential to unify and advance the fields of statistical graphics and information visualization.