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Seeing Is Believing! Good Graphic Design Principles for Medical Research
Session Chair(s)
Susan Mayo, MS
Senior Mathematical Statistician, CDER Office of Biostatistics
FDA, United States
Have you noticed when browsing an article how your eye is drawn to figures more than words? The visual impact of statistical graphs can be powerfully used to communicate key points. This session highlights ways to optimally use graphs.
Learning Objective : Discuss motivations for use of good statistical graphics principles, with examples; Illustrate ways to improve the quality and transparency of statistical graphics in medical research; Describe a new framework for selecting the appropriate graph type for the situation at hand.
Speaker(s)
Motivators for Use of Graphs in Medical Research
Susan Mayo, MS
FDA, United States
Senior Mathematical Statistician, CDER Office of Biostatistics
Not Every Graph Is a Good One: Examples of Improvements to Commonly Used Graphs
Brenda Crowe, PhD
Eli Lilly and Company, United States
Associate Vice President, Statistics
Spaghetti, Lasagna, and Cooking Up Graphs from Scratch
Richard Forshee, PhD
FDA, United States
Deputy Director, OBPV CBER
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