{"id":11010,"date":"2017-03-10T15:59:52","date_gmt":"2017-03-10T23:59:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pocketwisdominsights.com\/pwicolab\/?p=11010"},"modified":"2019-02-18T20:59:04","modified_gmt":"2019-02-19T04:59:04","slug":"edward-tufte-wikipedia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pocketwisdominsights.com\/pwicolab\/pub\/legacy-co-lab\/legacy-co-lab-blogs\/pwi-co-lab-staff\/edward-tufte-wikipedia\/","title":{"rendered":"Edward Tufte"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n\t<style>\r\n.rTable {    \r\ndisplay: table;    \r\nwidth: 100%; \r\n}\r\n\t\t\r\n\r\n\t\t\r\n\r\n.rTableRow {    \r\ndisplay: table-row; \r\n} \r\n\r\n.rTableHead {    \r\ndisplay: table-header-group;  \r\nbackground-color: #ddd;  \r\nfont-weight: bold; \r\ntext-align: center; \r\n} \r\n\r\n.rTableCell, .rTableHead {    \r\ndisplay: table-cell;    \r\npadding: 2px 2px 5px 2px;  \r\nfont-size: 14px; \r\nborder: 0px solid #999999; \r\ntext-align: center; \r\n}\r\n\t\t\r\n.rTableCellnp, {    \r\ndisplay: table-cell;     \r\nfont-size: 14px; \r\nborder: 0px solid #999999; \r\ntext-align: center; \r\n} \r\n\r\n.rTableFoot {    \r\ndisplay: table-footer-group; \r\nwidth: 100%; \r\nfont-weight: bold; \r\ntext-align: center;  \r\nbackground-color: #ddd; \r\n} \r\n\r\n.rTableBody.Bold {    \r\ndisplay: table-cell; \r\nfont-weight: bold; \r\ntext-align: center;  \r\n}\r\n\t\t\r\n.rTableBody.Italic {    \r\ndisplay: table-row-group; \r\nfont-style: italic;\r\n}\r\n\r\n<\/style>\r\n\n<blockquote><p><b>Edward Rolf Tufte<\/b> (<span class=\"nowrap\"><span class=\"IPA nopopups\"><a title=\"Help:IPA for English\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Help:IPA_for_English\">\/<span title=\"\/\u02c8\/ primary stress follows\">\u02c8<\/span><span title=\"'t' in 'tie'\">t<\/span><span title=\"\/\u028c\/ short 'u' in 'bud'\">\u028c<\/span><span title=\"'f' in 'find'\">f<\/span><span title=\"'t' in 'tie'\">t<\/span><span title=\"\/i\/ 'y' in 'happy'\">i<\/span>\/<\/a><\/span><\/span>;<sup id=\"cite_ref-1\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Edward_Tufte#cite_note-1\">[1]<\/a><\/sup> born March 14, 1942) is an American <a title=\"Statistician\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Statistician\">statistician<\/a> and <a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Professor emeritus\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Professor_emeritus\">professor emeritus<\/a> of <a title=\"Political science\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Political_science\">political science<\/a>, <a title=\"Statistics\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Statistics\">statistics<\/a>, and <a title=\"Computer science\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Computer_science\">computer science<\/a> at <a title=\"Yale University\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yale_University\">Yale University<\/a>.<sup id=\"cite_ref-2\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Edward_Tufte#cite_note-2\">[2]<\/a><\/sup> He is noted for his writings on <a title=\"Information design\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Information_design\">information design<\/a> and as a pioneer in the field of <a title=\"Data visualization\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Data_visualization\">data visualization<\/a>.<sup id=\"cite_ref-wamo_3-0\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Edward_Tufte#cite_note-wamo-3\">[3]<\/a><\/sup><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2>Opening Insights<\/h2>\n<h3><span id=\"Biography\" class=\"mw-headline\">Biography<\/span><\/h3>\n<blockquote><p>Edward Rolf Tufte was born in 1942 in <a title=\"Kansas City, Missouri\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kansas_City,_Missouri\">Kansas City, Missouri<\/a>, to <a title=\"Virginia Tufte\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Virginia_Tufte\">Virginia Tufte<\/a> and Edward E. Tufte (1912\u20131999). He grew up in <a title=\"Beverly Hills, California\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Beverly_Hills,_California\">Beverly Hills, California<\/a>, where his father was a longtime city official,<sup id=\"cite_ref-4\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Edward_Tufte#cite_note-4\">[4]<\/a><\/sup> and he graduated from <a title=\"Beverly Hills High School\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Beverly_Hills_High_School\">Beverly Hills High School<\/a>.<sup id=\"cite_ref-LA01_5-0\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Edward_Tufte#cite_note-LA01-5\">[5]<\/a><\/sup> He received a BS and MS in statistics from <a title=\"Stanford University\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stanford_University\">Stanford University<\/a> and a PhD in political science from <a title=\"Yale University\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yale_University\">Yale<\/a>.<sup id=\"cite_ref-RIAP_6-0\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Edward_Tufte#cite_note-RIAP-6\">[6]<\/a><\/sup> His dissertation, completed in 1968, was entitled <i>The Civil Rights Movement and Its Opposition<\/i>. He was then hired by <a title=\"Princeton University\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Princeton_University\">Princeton University<\/a>&#8216;s <a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Woodrow Wilson School\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Woodrow_Wilson_School\">Woodrow Wilson School<\/a>, where he taught courses in <a title=\"Political economy\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Political_economy\">political economy<\/a> and <a title=\"Data analysis\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Data_analysis\">data analysis<\/a> while publishing three quantitatively inclined political science books.<\/p>\n<p>In 1975, while at Princeton, Tufte was asked to teach a statistics course to a group of journalists who were visiting the school to study economics. He developed a set of readings and lectures on <a title=\"Statistical graphics\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Statistical_graphics\">statistical graphics<\/a>, which he further developed in joint seminars he taught with renowned statistician <a title=\"John Tukey\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Tukey\">John Tukey<\/a>, a pioneer in the field of information design. These course materials became the foundation for his first book on information design, <i>The Visual Display of Quantitative Information<\/i>.<sup id=\"cite_ref-zachry_7-0\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Edward_Tufte#cite_note-zachry-7\">[7]<\/a><\/sup><sup id=\"cite_ref-FOOTNOTETufte2001_8-0\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Edward_Tufte#cite_note-FOOTNOTETufte2001-8\">[8]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<p>After difficult negotiations with mainline publishers failed, Tufte decided to self-publish <i>Visual Display<\/i> in 1982, working closely with graphic designer <a class=\"new\" title=\"Howard Gralla (page does not exist)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Howard_Gralla&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1\">Howard Gralla<\/a>. He financed the work by taking out a <a title=\"Second mortgage\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Second_mortgage\">second mortgage<\/a> on his home. The book quickly became a commercial success and secured his transition from political scientist to information expert.<sup id=\"cite_ref-zachry_7-1\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Edward_Tufte#cite_note-zachry-7\">[7]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<p>On March 5, 2010, President <a title=\"Barack Obama\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Barack_Obama\">Barack Obama<\/a> appointed Tufte to the <a title=\"American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/American_Recovery_and_Reinvestment_Act_of_2009\">American Recovery and Reinvestment Act&#8217;s<\/a> Recovery Independent Advisory Panel &#8220;to provide transparency in the use of Recovery-related funds&#8221;.<sup id=\"cite_ref-RIAP_6-1\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Edward_Tufte#cite_note-RIAP-6\">[6]<\/a><\/sup><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2>Informational Insights<\/h2>\n<h3><span id=\"Work\" class=\"mw-headline\">Work<\/span><\/h3>\n<blockquote><p>Tufte is an expert in the presentation of <a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Informational graphics\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Informational_graphics\">informational graphics<\/a> such as <a title=\"Chart\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chart\">charts<\/a> and <a title=\"Diagram\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Diagram\">diagrams<\/a>, and is a fellow of the <a title=\"American Statistical Association\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/American_Statistical_Association\">American Statistical Association<\/a>. He has held fellowships from the <a title=\"Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Solomon_R._Guggenheim_Foundation\">Guggenheim Foundation<\/a> and the <a title=\"Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Center_for_Advanced_Study_in_the_Behavioral_Sciences\">Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He is intensely critical in the self-editing process. He pulls in and casts out ideas from books, journals, posters, auction catalogs, and other less common sources. He invites others to critique his work in-progress and may nurture dozens of ideas over months in various states of growth and fruition. He deletes almost every photograph he takes&#8230;.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Ed is a Mentor of Dr. Richard Jorgensen. Richard often says life is a measure of the steps that we take and the people we take those steps with. Richard teaches about the importance of living a life of passion, purpose, skill and wisdom to uncover and discover self and others.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"tab-stops: 2.5in;\">Possibilities for Consideration<\/h2>\n<p>Many people today are so wrapped up in self they fail to relate, connect and learn from great mentors, leaders and teachers and their legacies die along with them. We must change the tide and paradigm of selfishness, if we are to survive and truly live amongst and within the human race. In doing so, we must learn to value great leaders, men and teachers past and present.<br \/>\nSource: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Edward_Tufte\">Edward Tufte &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/em><br \/>\n<!--\n\n\n<div class=\"rTable\">\n\n\n<div class=\"rTableRow\">\n\n\n<div class=\"rTableCell\">\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-10441\" src=\"\/\/pocketwisdominsights.com\/pwicolab\/wp-content\/uploads\/lookinglass_wide-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pocketwisdominsights.com\/pwicolab\/wp-content\/uploads\/lookinglass_wide-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pocketwisdominsights.com\/pwicolab\/wp-content\/uploads\/lookinglass_wide.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 14px;\"><strong>Express your thoughts,\ncomments, questions and experience\nabout this post in the SocraticQ&#x2122;.<\/strong>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 13px;\"><em><strong>\"Let\u2019s make the dream big enough for everybody\u201d <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">~ Richard Jorgensen<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"rTableCell\">\u00a0\u00a0<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 450px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\" src=\"\/\/socraticq.awarecomm.com\/s\/1-1-a\/smll_sd_soq\/ed-tufte\/pwicolab-blg\/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n\n--><\/p>\n<h3>Take a moment and examine\u2026<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>As you reviewed the material above, what stood out to you?<\/li>\n<li>What is the potential impact, economically and\/or socially?<\/li>\n<li>What action is needed to stop or support this idea?<\/li>\n<li>You may want to consider whether you:\n<ul>\n<li>want to be <em>aware<\/em> of,<\/li>\n<li>should become <em>supportive<\/em> of,<\/li>\n<li>would want to be <em>active<\/em> in this topic?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Add Your Insight<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. 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