2013 CEEB Retreat presentation on graphing

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1. On building a better
   graph
   So (mostly stolen) thoughts on making
   graphs speak
   

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4. Four principles of better plotting:
   1. Use higher data-ink ratios
   2. Be honest about uncertainty
   3. Make visual information
   unambiguous
   4. Make use of small multiples
   

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11. Original
    Deuteranope
    Tritanope
    Protanope
    

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12. ColorBrewer: Finding a colour
    scheme that works:
    

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22. Further reading
    Tufte: All of his books, but start with:
    The Visual Display of Quantitative Information
    Gelman: Red State, Blue State and his blog:
    andrewgelman.com
    Wickham: The site: ggplot2.org and his book: ggplot2:
    Elegant Graphics for Data Analysis
    Testing colourblindness: the VisCheck site & Plugin: http:
    //www.vischeck.com/downloads/
    

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