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To: Dr. Sivana
I never understood the value of word clouds. Just the big words stick out.

A list in ascending or descending order is far more clear.

WCs are a fad past the expiration date.

7 posted on 11/12/2019 7:19:15 PM PST by yesthatjallen
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To: yesthatjallen; Dr. Sivana
Word clouds are simply a tool in the toolbox of visual display approaches for quantitative information. At least in this case they're using size and color to convey information.

This one - covering Napoleon's Russian march and retreat - is generally considered The Godfather of such tools - displaying six dimensions in one picture (and without a computer).


13 posted on 11/13/2019 6:12:35 AM PST by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s^s)
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