J. Jack Lee and Z. Nora Tu.
A Versatile One-Dimensional Distribution Plot: The BLiP Plot.
In The American Statistician, vol. 51, no. 4, pp. 353--358, 1997.

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Abstract:

A versatile graphical tool, the BLiP plot, was developed for displaying one-dimensional data. The basic building blocks are boxes, lines, and points. Like many standard one-dimensional distribution plots, the BLiP plot is capable of displaying individual data values in points or lines and grouped information in lines or boxes. In addition, the BLiP plot includes many new features such as variable-width plots and several choices of point patterns. The main advantage of the BLiP plot is that it provides users with basic graphical elements in a friendly and flexible environment so that users can, according to their needs, construct anything from a simple, standard plot to a complex, customized plot to best present their data.

Bibtex:

@Article{        lee:1997:ODDP,
  author = 	 {J. Jack Lee and Z. Nora Tu},
  title = 	 {A Versatile One-Dimensional Distribution Plot: The BLiP Plot},
  journal = 	 {The American Statistician},
  year = 	 {1997},
  volume = 	 {51},
  number = 	 {4},
  pages = 	 {353--358},
  month = 	 {November},
}

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