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10 - Interpreting Graphs and Charts

from III - Applied Statistics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 June 2021

Anne McDonnell Sill
Anne McDonnell Sill
Affiliation:
Saint Agnes Hospital, Baltimore, MD
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Summary

This chapter gives examples of very basic graphs and charts and how to read them. Such graphs and charts are used by clinicians and by laboratory personnel. One plot that may be relatively overlooked is the normal probability plot, which gives a visual snapshot of the distribution of data. It might be a simple way to non-statistically determine whether or not data are normally or non-normally distributed, or if they are bi- or tri-modal, or log-distributed.

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Normal curvescatterplotspie chartsbar graphsboxplotsline graphsforest plotLevey--Jennings quality control chart.
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Statistics for Laboratory Scientists and Clinicians
A Practical Guide
 , pp. 143 - 152
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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