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<\/a><\/p>\nIn a previously-mentioned<\/a> paper Sharad<\/a> and your DSN editor are writing up, there is the above line plot with points. The area of each point shows the count of observations. It’s done in R<\/a> with ggplot2<\/a> (hooray for Hadley<\/a>). We generally like this type of plot, however, we are concerned about whether it gives people a good sense of the relative counts or not.<\/p>\n Ask yourself this: Write down your answers. There’s a form to enter them in below.<\/p>\n Now have a look at this one:<\/p>\n Same two questions:<\/p>\n 3) If the area of the big circle represents 1,000 observations, how many observations does the second-biggest circle represent? Kindly Record your answers here<\/a> or use the embedded form below (if it is visible for you).<\/p>\n
\n1) If the area of the big circle represents 1,000 observations, how many observations does the second-biggest circle represent?
\n2) If the area of the second-biggest circle represents as many observations as you just said, how many observations does the third-biggest circle represent?<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
\n4) If the area of the second-biggest circle represents as many observations as you just said, how many observations does the third-biggest circle represent?<\/p>\n