Discovery of misleading graph titles at many places of the traditional scientific literature

  • Authors

    • Pramode Bhattacharjee Retired Principal,Kabi Nazrul Mahavidyalaya,Sonamura,Tripura 799131India
    2017-12-07
    https://doi.org/10.14419/ijsw.v6i1.8556
  • Dependent variable, Graph drawing, Independent variable.

  • Abstract

    This paper emphasizes the urgent need of making use of well-defined self-explanatory graph title in representing a graph in graph drawing. A lot of misleading graph titles, none of which is in accordance with the traditional convention in regard to assignment of title to a graph, has been found to prevail at many places of the traditional scientific literature. With a view to ensuring quality graphing, urgent need of getting rid of those misleading graph titles with simultaneous incorporation of self-explanatory ones (following traditional convention in the said context) has also been emphasized.

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    Bhattacharjee, P. (2017). Discovery of misleading graph titles at many places of the traditional scientific literature. International Journal of Scientific World, 6(1), 14-18. https://doi.org/10.14419/ijsw.v6i1.8556

    Received date: 2017-10-27

    Accepted date: 2017-11-23

    Published date: 2017-12-07