Hurley, Catherine B. (1993) The Plot-Data Interface in Statistical Graphics. Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics, 2 (4). pp. 365-379. ISSN 1061-8600

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Abstract

Statistical software systems include modules for manipulating data sets, model fitting, and graphics. Because plots display data, and models are fit to data, both the model-fitting and graphics modules depend on the data. Today's statistical environments allow the analyst to choose or even build a suitable data structure for storing the data and to implement new kinds of plots. The multiplicity problem caused by many plot varieties and many data representations is avoided by constructing a plot-data interface. The interface is a convention by which plots communicate with data sets, allowing plots to be independent of the actual data representation. This article describes the components of such a plot-data interface. The same strategy may be used to deal with the dependence of model-fitting procedures on data.

Item Type:	Article
Keywords:	Abstraction barrier; Interactive plots; Software design;
Academic Unit:	Faculty of Science and Engineering > Mathematics and Statistics
Item ID:	10152
Identification Number:	https://doi.org/10.2307/1390691
Depositing User:	Dr. Catherine Hurley
Date Deposited:	24 Oct 2018 14:23
Journal or Publication Title:	Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis, Ltd. on behalf of the American Statistical Association
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	https://www.jstor.org/stable/1390691
Use Licence:	This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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