Thinking through Data: How Outliers, Aggregates, and Patterns Shape Perception.
The article reviews *Thinking through Data: How Outliers, Aggregates, and Patterns Shape Perception* by Maja Bak Herrie, which explores the aesthetic and social dimensions of key statistical concepts—outliers, aggregates, and patterns—in data visualization. Herrie introduces the concept of the "digi...
| Publicado en: | Contemporary Sociology Vol. 55; no. 3; pp. 244 - 247 |
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| Formato: | Product Review |
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Sage Publications Inc.
May2026
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