The introductory chapter shows how Kierann Healy thinks about elements that make a figure bad. Healy describes that several diagrams and charts have unnecessary “junks” that makes the whole thing complicated. I do agree that the “life expectancy: 2007” diagram shown in section 1.2 is definitely a bad designed…
Tuesday The share of 18- to 29-year-olds living with their parents has become a majority since U.S. coronavirus cases began spreading early this year, surpassing the previous peak during the Great Depression era. 52% of young adults in US are living with their parents amid COVID-19. Pew Research Center…
Based off of last week's work, 3 revised posters.…
This visualization depicts daily coffee consumption versus daily tea consumption in the United States as seen in comparison with cups of tea and coffee consumed worldwide in a day. Data for coffee consumption came from Food Editorial Co. Data for tea consumption came from YourBestDigs. These visualization attempt to utilize…
Mapping Time Preliminaries Gather all the necessary software and files to get started: The Sublime Text 3 (or comparable) text editor The GitHub Desktop GUI client Create your own fork of https://github.com/samizdatco/di-2021 The P5.js site has an extensive Reference section with a full listing of…
Retinal Variable wrap-up Meet in small groups, presenting your data-to-retinal variable ‘mappings’ to one another Pick one example row from the other person’s worksheet that you feel is particularly successful, surprising, or creative Pick one row from your worksheet that you’re unsure of and have a question about…
Title: Gender Discount in art world The graph shows that there is an almost equal gender distribution in working artists, but women artists experience a reduction of 47.6% of works' price in auction compared to men artists. The data here first shows the gender distribution is almost equal in…
One particular takeaway I took from this reading was the fact that in interpreting data trends, it is essential for one to look at both the general dataset alongside the graph visual. If you are able to have the dataset on hand, the chances of a visual bias via graph…
In the introductory chapter, Healy highlights the importance of cognitive perception in the construction and reception of data visualization as the theoretical backbone for good data visualizations. Regardless of its forms, data visualization should prioritize the audience to select conscious design choices reflective of the creator’s ideology and tailored…
The introductory chapter of Healy’s Data Visualization for Social Science, narrates the importance of data visualization. The chapter explores good and bad uses of data visualization in an attempt to demonstrate the overall uses and applications of data visualization. I believe that Healy opens up with a beautiful interpretation…
There are 3 possible aspects contribute to the badness of a piece of data visualization discussed in the reading. They are aesthetic, substantive, and perceptual. The aesthetic parts is mainly about finding the balance between data to ink ratio, meaning the relationship between data and design elements. Excessive and content-free…
In the introductory chapter of Kierann Healy's Data Visualization for Social Science, the author iterates the importance of understanding and creating data visualization that is both highly functional and highly understandable. Data surrounds us, and the visual explanation of information relevant to viewers allows for us to create correlations and…
I think the strongest point to successfully creating an effective graph are relative differences affected by perception and ‘illusion.’ It is almost an ethical issue of ‘how should I skew this data to work for the point I am trying to make.’ I thought the breakdown of Figure 1.22…
The world marathon record, created by Eliud Kipchoge, is 01:59:40 while the average completion time for a full marathon is 04:43:42.Until 01/28/21, 35.82% of people have gained weight during quarantine.North Dakota is the least forest-covered state in the US with only…
Tuesday Coca-Cola's new coffee hybrid hits shelves with double the caffeineWednesday Average human is fatter than an elephant, unique obesity study revealsThursday CA’s environmental agenda gets new energyFriday COVID-19 rarely spreads through surfaces. So why are we still deep cleaning?Saturday What went wrong with America’s $44 million…
Catalog & Classify wrap up Research & Readings Pick a designer or studio that interests you Sign up for one designer and one ‘book club’ using this google sheet Nothing but a Number critique of your 7 different experiments begin work on next iteration by choosing 1 direction that you’…
Tue Jan 2693% of NY first supply of COVID-19 vaccine adminsteredWednesday, Jan 27Apple reports highest single quarter earnings everThursday, Jan 28MTA ridership down by 70% compared to year priorFriday, Jan 29GM announces plan for all zero-emission vehicles by 2035Saturday, Jan 30$200 million of ventilators distributed by US Government can't…
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…
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.…
TuesdayThe Guacamole Recipe I used today. Need 3 avocados.Wednesday2019 US Beef Retail Price, cents per lb. on a retail weight basis.ThursdayOn good days, Mr. Evangelista makes roughly $100 after working five to six hours, but other days he can make as little as $42.FridayEric K. Singhi, a…
TuesdaySource: Pew Research CenterWednesdaySource: Time OutThursdaySource: Harvard Business ReviewFridaySource: 24/7 Wall StSaturdaySource: Washington PostSundaySource: University of SouthamptonMondaySource: Statista…
TuesdayA study published on Science Daily found a significant increase in the number of online search queries for "insomnia" in 2020, when governments across the U.S. and around the world implemented stay-at-home orders in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Results show there were 2.77 million Google searches for…
TuesdayGamestop Stock skyrockets 135% from January 26 to January 27. (Source: Google Finance)WednesdaySleep study among high-school and middle-school students. (Source: CDC)Thursday4.39 billion out of the 7.5 billion humans on earth are active internet users. (Source: Review 42)FridayPercentage of U.S. adults that have used cannabis…