Dear Trevor,
Shhhurely you mean a table of 32 numbers?
How about a 4D graph? An animation of the axes rotating would tell the
brain whether the apex is 'in' or 'out'.
All the best,
Stephen
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Allan and all,
I think the figure is meaningless.
The data are 2d not 3d.
The left and right scales are not even level with one another, so the
eye is deceived about the relative vertical heights of the bars.
Visually there doesn't appear to be enough information for the brain
(well, mine at least!) to tell which way the cube is facing - is the
apex of the 3 faces the nearest or the farthest point?
There seems to me to be nothing graphical about these data anyway - a
simple table of eight numbers would suffice.
Trevor
>>> "Allan Reese (Cefas)" <[log in to unmask]> 25/11/2010 10:08 >>>
There's an apparent stand-off between critical and casual users of
graphs, the latter assuming that 3D must add something and that bright
flashy colours are attractive. A notable example occurs in the Sept
2010 newsletter from Timberlake under the headline "New in GAUSSplot 8.0
- Professional Graphics". It's also on the GAUSSplot website at
http://www.aptech.com/3dcontour2.html
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