Visualizing data
by William S. Cleveland · first published 1993
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If you're looking for a more quantitative version of Tufte, I highly recommend Cleveland (http://www.amazon.com/Visualizing-Data-William-S-Cleveland/d...) and Wilkinson (http://www.amazon.com/The-Grammar-Graphics-Statistics-Comput...)
on “The Financial Times on Edward Tufte” ↗William Cleveland, "Elements of Graphing Data"[1] and "Visualizing Data"[2] Cleveland worked at Bell Labs and his work is timeless and very practical. It isn't about artwork or making things look nice. It's about communicating information. I like to contrast his work with…
on “Ask HN: What is the best book on data visualization in 2021?” ↗I think Cleveland was the first person to write about DV. Anyway, this book has been recommended to me several times http://www.amazon.com/Visualizing-Data-William-S-Cleveland/d...
on “Ask HN: book recommendation for data visualization for beginners?” ↗