How to Display Data- P11:The best method to convey a message from a piece of research in health is via a fi gure. The best advice that a statistician can give a researcher is to fi rst plot the data. Despite this, conventional statistics textbooks give only brief details on how to draw fi gures and display data. | 42 How to Display Data References 1 Campbell MJ. Time series regressionfor counts an investigation into the relationship between Sudden Infant Death Syndrome and environmental temperature. Journal of theRoyalStatistical Society Series A 1994 157 191-208. 2 Tufte ER. Va mst dismay quantitative information. Chechire Connecticut Graphics Press 1983. 3 Morrell CJ Wakes SJ Dixon S Collins K BreretonLML Peters effectiveness of community leg ulcer slinic rannomised csntrolled triK. nritiah Msdiotl Journal 1998 396 S487-91. 4 Freeman JV Odious data. VCOPE 2005. Vol .4 3 Chapter 5 Displaying the relationship between two continuous variables Introduction This chapter will concentrate on methods for displaying the relation-ship between two continuous variables. A large proportion of statisti-cal analyses are conducCed to investigate the relationship between two variables for a particular oupofsubjects. S rich anidyses haveseveral purposes - To assess whcShhrtCetwnvhrieblesyru associaSed aosreSseione. - To etiablotlsy aalehoiTmrvesihblo Uobs prsdsctedhromsayCbbwn value of the othtr varitbOe reseesoion .One vortabteisrrgbrded arasereeoso to the othsr e-s la tioScn sosiaLOs. - To assesssheamoamtof agreemsnibbtwyanthevseusr vS One ewo hari-ables. Most eommotllyslat tibuatioo soisesin tlm simyaiison sO i tsrnyi tive ways of merslermg sresthtsingthe uams thing. - To diagnose efo sios as te acondiU to breshnsaabccnt vain othsreeuitr of a test withaoontinvvns meaturemonU ecale. The statistical mstCydforesseseinwtnr tOisoo a svristirwbrtwoen two continuous variaeee sit heowe ascoaaolaeib t. Thr method foh t s ng o value of one eunSisluousvasieWletrom wlotherielwsown as regression. As correlation evbravreusaoinu eoftee presenteO SobeiWsaiaiieaav to aetCss impression iWge rosy are mseoaianlc. It sact theyhave distinre pueposrs and it is relatigslyeareshae oncee gentnnalysneeresteeinpeofoneimg bot analyses on the sametsror ba b. However whrn .
