[R] Is there a recent book on Q-Q plot and data visualization in general?

[Paul Hiemstra]

Hi,

See page 335 for a qq plot in the third edition of the book.

cheers,
Paul

Peng Yu wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I checked the 3rd edition of this book. But I don't find Q-Q plot.
> Would you please take a look of the table of content below and let me
> know if the same section is available in the 3rd edition?
>
> http://www.amazon.com/Plane-Answers-Complex-Questions-Theory/dp/0387953612/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1254856526&sr=8-1#reader
>
> Regards,
> Peng
>
> On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 9:50 AM, Paul Hiemstra <p.hiemstra at geo.uu.nl> wrote:
>   
>> Hi Peng Yu,
>>
>> Chapter 13 of the following book provides a good description of the
>> assumption done when using regression and other techniques. It also
>> discusses the QQplot.
>>
>> @BOOK{Christensen1996,
>>  title = {Plane Answers to Complex Questions: The Theory of Linear Models},
>>  publisher = {Springer, New York},
>>  year = {1996},
>>  author = {Ronald Christensen},
>>  edition = {Second},
>>  note = {496p},
>> }
>>
>> cheers,
>> Paul
>>
>> Peng Yu wrote:
>>     
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I want to look for some detailed explanation on the properties of Q-Q
>>> plot and how the properties are derived.
>>>
>>> In R, there is the following reference.
>>> Becker, R. A., Chambers, J. M. and Wilks, A. R. (1988) The New S
>>> Language. Wadsworth & Brooks/Cole.
>>>
>>> Somebody also mentioned the following book chapter to me.
>>> Chambers et al., Graphical methods for Data Analysis, Ch.6.
>>>
>>> But both books are old. I'm wondering if there is any more recent
>>> (therefore, maybe better) books for Q-Q plot, and data visualization
>>> in general.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Peng
>>>
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