THE REVERSE CUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION PLOT - A GRAPHIC METHOD FOR EXPLORATORY ANALYSIS OF ANTIBODY DATA

Authors
REED GF MEADE BD STEINHOFF MC
Citation
Gf. Reed et al., THE REVERSE CUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION PLOT - A GRAPHIC METHOD FOR EXPLORATORY ANALYSIS OF ANTIBODY DATA, Pediatrics, 96(3), 1995, pp. 600-603
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics
Journal title
Pediatrics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00314005
Volume
96
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Supplement
S
Pages
600 - 603
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-4005(1995)96:3<600:TRCDP->2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
Serologic data often have a wide range and commonly do not approximate a normal distribution. Means, medians, SDs, or other conventional num erical summaries of antibody data may not adequately or fully describe these complex data. The reverse cumulative distribution plot is a gra phic tool that completely displays all the data, allows a rapid visual assessment of important details of the distribution, and simplifies c omparison of distributions.