Exploratory Data Analysis

Tukey, J. W. (1977). Exploratory Data Analysis. Addison-Wesley.

Type

Book

Intellectual base

Textbook

Year

1977

Link

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statistics_experimental_design

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Primes

• Statistical Inference
  • Statistical inference goes further: it commits to a probability model and derives conclusions about parameters and predictions with calibrated uncertainty.

    This sourceProgrammatic statement distinguishing exploratory data analysis (visualization and pattern discovery without formal probability models) from confirmatory inference, which commits to a probability model and yields calibrated uncertainty.

• Variability
  • First: what is varying, along what axes, and over what range

    This sourceProgrammatic statement distinguishing exploratory data analysis (visualization and pattern discovery without formal probability models) from confirmatory inference, which commits to a probability model and yields calibrated uncertainty.

Domain-specific

• Five-number summary
  • The five-number summary is the ordered tuple (minimum,Q1,median,Q3,maximum) computed from one dataset under a specified quartile rule.
• Midhinge
  • The midhinge is the location statistic \(H=(Q_1+Q_3)/2\), the arithmetic midpoint of the lower and upper quartiles; it is also called the 25-percent trimmed midrange under matching quantile conventions.
• Seven-number summary
  • The entry records a descriptive analytical identity; practical use requires the governing domain's evidence, standards, and safety obligations.

Mechanisms

• Median-Based Summaries
  • Its strength is resistance: the median has the highest possible breakdown point, so it keeps describing the bulk of the data even when a large fraction of it is corrupted or extreme — the property John Tukey championed in the five-number summary and the box plot.

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