Re: [R) Bland Altman plot (was: [R] paste ?)

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Subject: Re: [R) Bland Altman plot (was: [R] paste ?)
From: Christophe Declercq (cdeclercq@nordnet.fr)
Date: Wed 26 Apr 2000 - 06:07:49 EST 

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> De : Bill Venables <venables@acland.qld.cmis.csiro.au>
> Objet : Re: [R] paste ?
> Date : mardi 25 avril 2000 08:45
>

(...)

> Secondly, I'm curious about the history of this kind of plot.
> I've only heard it called a "Tukey mean difference" plot, (and
> Trellis graphics has a function, tmd(), that does it, but no one
> knows about it...). Does anyone know who invented it?

Martin Bland and Doug Altman introduced it in their very successful 1986
paper in The Lancet (which has become a 'Citation Classic') :

Bland JM, Altman DG. Statistical methods for assessing agreement between
two methods of clinical measurement. Lancet 1986; i: 307-310.

BTW, thanks, Troel, for the R function!

Christophe

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