From b13b64896b508fefd8cd37fece3d5605a763d075 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eric Kitaif Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2021 12:44:23 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Update intro.Rmd (#961) First time reading this book - thank you! The `,but` did not read well for me, as the statement > [visualisations] don't scale particularly well because they require a human to interpret them Does not seem to conflict with the statement > Visualisations can surprise you `and` appeared more appropriate as these appear to be two outcomes from visualizations; unless I am wrong about the intent of the sentence. An alternative version, which I did not think was the intent, would read > Visualisations can surprise you, but don't scale particularly well, because they require a human to interpret them. --- intro.Rmd | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/intro.Rmd b/intro.Rmd index 339b5c3..35d299a 100644 --- a/intro.Rmd +++ b/intro.Rmd @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ These have complementary strengths and weaknesses so any real analysis will iter **Visualisation** is a fundamentally human activity. A good visualisation will show you things that you did not expect, or raise new questions about the data. A good visualisation might also hint that you're asking the wrong question, or you need to collect different data. -Visualisations can surprise you, but don't scale particularly well because they require a human to interpret them. +Visualisations can surprise you and don't scale particularly well because they require a human to interpret them. **Models** are complementary tools to visualisation. Once you have made your questions sufficiently precise, you can use a model to answer them.