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Suggestions for Basic Graph Use When Reporting Wildlife Research Results
Author(s) -
COLLIER BRET A.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
the journal of wildlife management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.94
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1937-2817
pISSN - 0022-541X
DOI - 10.2193/2007-342
Subject(s) - graphics , computer science , graph , data science , presentation (obstetrics) , statistical graphics , information retrieval , data mining , theoretical computer science , computer graphics (images) , medicine , radiology
I review concepts of basic graph design and outline general guidance for basic preparation and presentation of data. I comment on the continued use of convenient summary graphics found in our literature where data are often misrepresented and review potential remedies that will improve data description and graphical efficiency for the most frequently used graph types in wildlife data reporting. I suggest that graphics should play a larger role in data description and analysis and less in summarizing study results.