title: The reverse cumulative distribution plot: a graphic method for exploratory analysis of antibody data.
abstract: Serologic data often have a wide range and commonly do not approximate a normal distribution. Means, medians, SDs, or other conventional numerical summaries of antibody data may not adequately or fully describe these complex data. The reverse cumulative distribution plot is a graphic tool that completely displays all the data, allows a rapid visual assessment of important details of the distribution, and simplifies comparison of distributions.
authors.affiliation: Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, MD 20892-7630, USA.
authors.forename: G F
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: Reed
authors.forename: B D
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Meade
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Steinhoff
mesh_terms: D000906:Antibodies / Q000097:blood*; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000097:blood; D006801:Humans; D010567:Pertussis Vaccine / Q000276:immunology; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D014612:Vaccines / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000906:Antibodies; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D010567:Pertussis Vaccine; D014612:Vaccines