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The grammar of graphics
Author(s) -
Wilkinson Leland
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
wiley interdisciplinary reviews: computational statistics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.693
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1939-0068
pISSN - 1939-5108
DOI - 10.1002/wics.118
Subject(s) - statistical graphics , graphics , computer science , class (philosophy) , grammar , set (abstract data type) , visualization , computer graphics (images) , data visualization , raw data , computer graphics , theoretical computer science , programming language , data mining , artificial intelligence , linguistics , philosophy
The grammar of graphics (GoG) denotes a system with seven classes embedded in a data flow. This data flow specifies a strict order in which data are transformed from a raw dataset to a statistical graphic. Each class contains multiple methods, each of which is a function executed at the step in the data flow corresponding to that class. The classes are orthogonal, in the sense that the product set of all classes (every possible sequence of class methods) defines a space of graphics which is meaningful at every point. The meaning of a statistical graphic is thus determined by the mapping produced by the function chain linking data and graphic. WIREs Comp Stat 2010 2 673–677 DOI: 10.1002/wics.118 This article is categorized under: Statistical and Graphical Methods of Data Analysis > Statistical Graphics and Visualization