“Sound” alternatives to visual graphics for exploratory data analysis

Authors

John H. Flowers, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
Terry A. Hauer, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Date of this Version

1993

Comments

Published in Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, & Computers 1993, 25 (2), 242-249. Copyright © 1993 The Psychonomic Society. Used by permission.

Abstract

Efficient exploratory data analysis (EDA) maybe aided by succinct, but informative, graphical representations (e.g., Tukey plots) that convey information about central tendency, variability, and shape of distributions, and that permit detection of outliers. Using research strategies adapted from studies of cross-modal perceptual equivalence, we show how auditory analogies of such displays may offer an effective alternative to visual plots for EDA.