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Chernoff Face


ChernoffFaces

A way to display n variables on a two-dimensional surface. For instance, let x be eyebrow slant, y be eye size, z be nose length, etc. The above figures show faces produced using 10 characteristics--head eccentricity, eye size, eye spacing, eye eccentricity, pupil size, eyebrow slant, nose size, mouth shape, mouth size, and mouth opening)--each assigned one of 10 possible values, generated using the Wolfram Language.


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References

Gonick, L. and Smith, W. The Cartoon Guide to Statistics. New York: Harper Perennial, p. 212, 1993.

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Chernoff Face

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Chernoff Face." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/ChernoffFace.html

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