Graphical assessment of dependence: Is a picture worth 100 tests?

Authors
Fisher, NI Switzer, P
Citation
Ni. Fisher et P. Switzer, Graphical assessment of dependence: Is a picture worth 100 tests?, AM STATISTN, 55(3), 2001, pp. 233-239
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Mathematics
Journal title
AMERICAN STATISTICIAN
ISSN journal
00031305 → ACNP
Volume
55
Issue
3
Year of publication
2001
Pages
233 - 239
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-1305(200108)55:3<233:GAODIA>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
Nonparametric tests of association have been around for a long time, and ne w ones continue to be proposed to cope with specific forms of association. However, graphs have the potential to assess a far richer class of bivariat e dependence structures than any collection of tests. This article describe s how chi-plots, used in conjunction with the usual scatterplot, provides a useful practical tool in this regard.