| 摘要 |
The present invention is a method and apparatus for analyzing, selecting, manipulating, displaying, and exploring relationships among variables in data bases with a large number of variables. The invention comprises an array of pictorial presentations, usually scatter plots. Each scatter plot shows the relationship among some subset of variables in the database. The scatter plots are mutual coupled to one another so that any mathematical transformation of an independent variable in one plot causes changes in other plots with dependent variables according to the relationship between the changed independent variable and the dependent variable. The mutual coupling also applies to color selection and performing logical operations with color on the plots. The plots can access other subsidiary presentations by using specified access criteria. Subsidiary presentations also can access other presentations. All presentations are mutually coupled.
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