[Blindmath] Format for boxes and whiskers

Fri Apr 26 00:23:13 UTC 2013

I'd like to direct you to the BANA "Guidelines and Standards for Tactile
Graphics, 2010" web version found at
http://www.brailleauthority.org/tg/web-manual/index.html

Unit 6 contains the Mathematical and Scientific Diagrams. 6.5.3
Box-and-Whisker Plots describes these plots in detail. Examples are found
at
http://www.brailleauthority.org/tg/web-manual/u6box-whisker-horizontal.htm
l  and
http://www.brailleauthority.org/tg/web-manual/u6box-whisker-vertical.html
Examples 7 and 8 in the Supplement are also available, but only in hard
copy, as these are "real" tactile graphics.

You can purchase a hard copy of both the guidelines and supplement from
APH.
http://shop.aph.org/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product_Guidelines%20and%20S
tandards%20for%20Tactile%20Graphics,%202010_15868P_10001_11051 and
https://shop.aph.org/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product_Guidelines%20and%20
Standards%20for%20Tactile%20Graphics,%202010,%20Supplement_15869P_10001_11
051

Best wishes,
Susan

Susan A Osterhaus
Statewide Mathematics Consultant
Outreach Programs
Texas School for the Blind
  And Visually Impaired
1100 West 45th Street
Austin, TX 78756
Email: susanosterhaus at tsbvi.edu
Phone: 512-206-9305
Website: www.tsbvi.edu/math
Distance Ed: http://distance.tsbvi.edu/osterhaus_math_intro.html

-----Original Message-----
From: Blindmath [mailto:blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
Lewicki, Maureen
Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2013 6:15 PM
To: 'Blind Math list for those interested in mathematics'
Subject: Re: [Blindmath] Format for boxes and whiskers

Sue, can you direct me to where you found the info on the NBA site? I keep
searching on the BANA site, and come up empty, as well as the NBA
site...thanks!

Maureen Murphy Lewicki
Teacher of Visually Impaired
Bethlehem Central School
332 Kenwood AvenueDelmar, NY 12054
http://bethlehemschools.org
(518) 439-7460
Fax (518) 475-0092
"The real problem of blindness is not the loss of eyesight.  The real
problem is the misunderstanding and lack of education that exists.  If a
blind person has the proper training and opportunity, blindness can be
reduced to a mere physical nuisance."Kenneth Jernigan

-----Original Message-----
From: Blindmath [mailto:blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Susan
Mooney
Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2013 11:27 AM
To: Blind Math list for those interested in mathematics
Subject: Re: [Blindmath] Format for boxes and whiskers

>From NBA's website:

*
The number line of a box and whisker plot is the only part that can be
composed of braille dots -- use number line rules. The actual box and
whisker must be tactile -- drawn as it looks in print. Don't put any text
between the box and the number line, with the box being 1/4 inch above the
number line. Regardless of their placement in print, boxes must be moved
above the number line. *

On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 11:14 AM, Lewicki, Maureen
<mlewicki at bcsd.neric.org>wrote:

> Good day, the name of the type of number line in this email's subject
> line may sound bizarre, but perhaps someone knows what is the best way
> to display this for a braille reader? Thanks
>
> Maureen Murphy Lewicki
> Teacher of Visually Impaired
> Bethlehem Central School
> 332 Kenwood AvenueDelmar, NY 12054
> http://bethlehemschools.org
> (518) 439-7460
> Fax (518) 475-0092
> "The real problem of blindness is not the loss of eyesight.  The real
> problem is the misunderstanding and lack of education that exists.  If
> a blind person has the proper training and opportunity, blindness can
> be reduced to a mere physical nuisance."Kenneth Jernigan
>
>
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