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Edward R. Tufte

Design Priciples

1. Documenting the sources and characteristics of the data,
2. Insistently enforcing appropriate comparisons,
3. Demonstrating mechanisms of cause and effect,
4. Expressing mechanisms quantitatively,
5. Recognizing the inherently multivariate nature of analytical problems,
6. Inspecting and evaluating alternate explanations. [fn:1]

Information Displays

[…] information displays should be documentary, comparative, causal and explanatory, quantified, multivariate, exploratory, skeptical. ~ Edward R. Tufte [fn:1]

Quotes

Simple design, intense content. ~ Edward R. Tufte [fn:1]

Footnotes

[fn:1] http://www.edwardtufte.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=0001kE