STAT 663 / CSI 773
Statistical Graphics and Data Exploration

Instructor: Daniel B. Carr
Phone: (703) 993-1671
Email: dcarr@gmu.edu
Hours: 6-7 before class and by appointment

Class Resources

• Class schedule and assignments
• Syllabus
• Newsletter Articles
• *soonNotes
• *soon R Functions
• Splus Functions
• *soon Application Software
• *soon Datasets

R and S-Plus Resources

• R Project
• Comprehensive R Archive Network
• Nice R overview with short examples (by Robert I. Kabacoff)
• StatLib Index (Datasets, S functions, and Statistics Information)

GMU Computational Resources

• Creating a Mason Cluster Accound and Web Site
• CSI facilities.
• Software available in SITE computer labs

Interesting Web Sites on Graphics and Visualization

• Gapminder
  • Graphics for Nations of the World
  • Scatterplot + circle size and color + time animation
  • Tranformations and transfer function control
  • Focusing and memory (for animation) methods
• Cindy Brewer
• Color Brewer
• Bill Cleveland
• Michael Friendly's Gallery
• Pat Hanrahan
• Edward Tufte
• Martin WattenbergNameVoyager
• Rensink's Change Blindness Demo
• Micheal Bach Visual Illusions
• W. Bradford Paley
• Paley-TextArc (I had trouble getting out of the applet so may show it in class) )
• John Stasko Visual Interfaces
• Katy Borner
• Borner Gallery

Larger Perspectives

• National Visual Analytics Center
• Places and Space: Mapping Science
• Numerical Analysis: NA Digest Home

• US DOE Computational Science Education Home Page
• ASA Statistical Graphics Video Library

General references for scientific software

• GAMS (Guide to Available Software, NIST)
• Fortran 90
• Matlab - Courtesy of Math/Stat Center Indiana University
• Maple - Courtesy of Math/State Center Indiana University

Other tools and languages

• Python
• html
• Java
• Java 3D
• html conversion filters
• GhostScript
• PostScript