The use of computer-drawn faces as an educational aid for the presentation of statistical concepts

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Computers & Graphics

Volume 8, Issue 2, 1984, Pages 163-166

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Abstract

A description of a vector-graphics facility for coordinated computation and display of faces is presented. It is suggested that such faces are suitable as visual supplements in the presentation of statistical concepts, particularly distribution theory, to individuals inexperienced in mathematics and with no prior knowledge of the methods of statistical evaluation.

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Technical sectionThe use of computer-drawn faces as an educational aid for the presentation of statistical concepts

Abstract

The use of faces to represent points in k-dimensional space graphically

J. Am. Statist. Assoc.

An experimental evaluation of multivariate graphical point representations

Technical section
The use of computer-drawn faces as an educational aid for the presentation of statistical concepts