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Kierann Healy’s “Badness” represents things you need to avoid when making a graph. The key point of the reading was that there is a noticeable difference for viewers between graphs, because some of them are obviously easier to read than others. Through the reading, the book encouraged me to…
In the introductory chapter of Kieran Healy’s book “Data Visualization for Social Science” the power of data visualization is described. Data visualization can be - and usually is much more successful for conveying a better understanding of data to the human mind. Successful data visualization can rely on many…
Avishi JainIn Kieran Healy’s introductory chapter of ‘Data Visualization for Social Science’, he attempts to convey to the readers a detailed and critical analysis of data visualization, its importance in delivering information to people as well as the extent of its effectiveness in doing so. The writer repeatedly emphasizes…
Kierann Healy’s chapter discusses of some factors in data visualization that may mislead the viewers. He introduces a claim that the strong aesthetic judgement isn't the most effective visualization method, but maximizing "data to ink" ratio is another element to consider important. From this viewpoint, simplifying is almost all…
I think there’s a couple messages central to Healy’s writing. First: a successful piece of information design or data visualization must consider the audience specifically, and human perception more broadly. Healy writes that “An image intended for an audience of experts reading a professional journal may not be…
In Kieran Healy's introductory chapter of his book Data Visualization for Social Science, he informs the reader on how to critically think about data visualization. He opens a discussion regarding how people perceive graphs, what makes some graphs more apparent and accurate than others, and how to develop good judgment…
Size and TextureMy number, 82, is the percentage of a man's earnings that a woman earns on average based on statistics on the gender pay gap in 2019. This would mean than men earn 18% more than woman on average but in some professions, the gap is wider. In this…
I choose to continue pursuing my subject matter of the human brain however instead of selecting a number from my original poster series, I was more intrigued by the amount of neurons in the brain, 86 billion. Although, initially intimidating I was intrigued by the largely incomprehensible quantity, and how…
This article starts talking about whatever the circumstance is a data visualization to be looked at by someone. It also says Data visualization is not just image making but, it is about who, how, and why it is looked at. Visual perception is most important factor to consider. Data visualization…
Kierann Healy’s chapter on ‘badness’ in information graphics walks the reader through the different ways a designer can make a bad or deceiving graph that will not be properly interpreted by the viewer. The main message that can be extracted from this reading is that there are many ways…
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I'm focusing on my poster from last Wednesday, from a FiveThirtyEight article titled "Our Guide To The Exuberant Nonsense Of College Fight Songs." The number is not significant, which is what I like about it; it's a chance to explain a concept something no one ever really thinks about, but…
Review of your Catalog & Classify entries Select research topics and ‘book clubs’ Critique of your initial 7 numbers sketches Assignment Nothing but a Number Select one of your posters’ subjects as a starting point, whether you choose to continue using its specific number is up to you (since you…
Poor Form Read Healy's introductory chapter from Data Visualization for Social Science: Look at Data: What Makes Bad Figures BadUse the tag “R1” when you post your assessment of the reading and the questions raised.…
Each student will select a data visualization person, topic, theme, technology, etc. to thoroughly research and report on for the rest of the class. You will become an expert in this subject and explore some of the main ideas and concepts behind the research topic you've selected. Some questions to…
Wednesday https://www.eurosport.com/athletics/how-fast-does-usain-bolt-run-in-mph-km-per-hour-is-he-the-fastest-recorded-human-ever-100m-record_sto5988142/story.shtmlhttps://www.sportsmanagementdegreehub.com/the-10-shortest-players-in-nba-history/https://sneakerbardetroit.com/ and https://www.flightclub.com/http://snowboardrobot.com/how-to-choose-the-right-size-snowboard/https://van.physics.illinois.edu/qa/listing.php?id=1428https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/prehistoric/tyrannosaurus-rex/Researched by "Calling Stores that are listed above.…
Wednesday Of the many important reasons to worry about the thousands of fires raging in the world’s largest rainforest, oxygen supply is not one of them.Thursday AAA conducted a separate survey on red light running and found that about one-third of drivers who responded admitted to having sped…
Dendrograms are a type of diagram that represents data by stacking a tree form that connects points. There is hierarchical clustering as well. The height of the branches is a variable that contributes to the representation of the data. U shaped lines connect the data. Dendrograms are used in different…
WednesdayA recent report from Hitwise states that in the US mobile search is roughly 58 percent of all search query volume. https://searchengineland.comFridayWorld internet usage by June 2019 https://www.internetworldstats.comSundayMost-watched sport events in the history of television. https://www.huffingtonpost.co.ukTuesdayeSports had over $492 million in…
McDonald's drinking cup got 4 times larger than 19552. Deadliest animals in the world 3. How many percents of students earned degree in six years. 4.what it takes to make an iphone? 5.rats are controlling NYC. 6.how many books would people read? 7. How many calories do…
A line graph, also known as a line chart, utilizes dots and lines to connect data points that represent quantitative values during a specific time period. Line graphs utilize dots as markers to better display fixed data points and lines to track the changes through time. This type of graphs…
Scatter plots are data visualizations which show a relationship between two or three variables. Each point on the scatter plot is placed based on a corresponding number on the horizontal X axis and vertical Y axis. By analyzing dots on the graph as virtual line, viewer is able to conclude…
WednesdayA Podcast to Remember (How Memory Works) from Stuff You Should Know discussing how memory works and the capacity of the human brain to store the equivalent of 2.5 million gigabytes of digital memory. A closer look at the science behind memory, and how modern technology may be changing…
WednesdayAn article about tricks to use in order to increase the battery life of iPhones. My number is 10. Low Power? How to extend your iPhone's battery life 10 FridayDebating the myth surrounding eating post 6pm and analyzing the health-related impacts. Is That ‘Don’t Eat After 6 P.M.…
WednesdayTake-rate study of Uber and Lyft drivers, found on FiveThirtyEight's "Significant Digits For Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2019." Original study conducted by Jalopnik. Thursday35 Years of American Death, also from FiveThirtyEight. My number is the county with the highest mortality rate, Union County Florida compared with the lowest #. FridayFrom YouGov.com,…
This visualization type distinguishes different sectors in the stock market using two-dimensional boxes (rectangles) within boxes where the size of the box determines the size of the sectors and the largest stocks in the market. The boxes are a quantitative representation of the stocks in the market and thus this…
Parallel Coordinates are generally used to show the differences between the dimensions of one thing. Dimensions are not strictly based on the length of a shape, like the comparing a the length of a person's feet to the length of their hands to the person's height.…