R help - Oct 2009 - Is there a recent book on Q-Q plot and data visualization in general?

Hi,

I want to look for some detailed explanation on the properties of Q-Q
plot and how the properties are derived.

In R, there is the following reference.
Becker, R. A., Chambers, J. M. and Wilks, A. R. (1988) The New S
Language. Wadsworth & Brooks/Cole.

Somebody also mentioned the following book chapter to me.
Chambers et al., Graphical methods for Data Analysis, Ch.6.

But both books are old. I'm wondering if there is any more recent
(therefore, maybe better) books for Q-Q plot, and data visualization
in general.

Regards,
Peng

Hi Peng Yu,

Chapter 13 of the following book provides a good description of the 
assumption done when using regression and other techniques. It also 
discusses the QQplot.

@BOOK{Christensen1996,
  title = {Plane Answers to Complex Questions: The Theory of Linear Models},
  publisher = {Springer, New York},
  year = {1996},
  author = {Ronald Christensen},
  edition = {Second},
  note = {496p},
}

cheers,
Paul

Peng Yu wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I want to look for some detailed explanation on the properties of Q-Q
> plot and how the properties are derived.
>
> In R, there is the following reference.
> Becker, R. A., Chambers, J. M. and Wilks, A. R. (1988) The New S
> Language. Wadsworth & Brooks/Cole.
>
> Somebody also mentioned the following book chapter to me.
> Chambers et al., Graphical methods for Data Analysis, Ch.6.
>
> But both books are old. I'm wondering if there is any more recent
> (therefore, maybe better) books for Q-Q plot, and data visualization
> in general.
>
> Regards,
> Peng
>
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