Course: DATA 201 - Thinking with Data | Developing Data Visualizations Using Everyday Household Objects
DATA 201 | Developing Physical Data Visualizations Using Everyday Household Objects
Visualize the five most inappropriate behaviours on a date.
Description:
The Visualization shows an accurate representation of the five behaviours: “Belch,” Read,” ry,” ”Mum,” and” Flight.” I chose to represent the data using a bar graph. The X-axis comprises behaviours. The Y-axis levels of appropriateness. A small note on the top states, "0 - the behaviour is extremely inappropriate, and 9 - the behaviour is extremely appropriate.”
This form of visualization effectively represents categorical data with numeric values because accuracy is dependent on the y-axis. Moreover, by utilizing position, you can indicate which behaviours are most to least inappropriate. Colour also serves to segregate and easily simplify each category of behaviour. The data above displays the five most inappropriate behaviours on data, which are evident by the ascending order of appropriateness.
I chose this form of visualization because it would be an effective way to display the data, considering the condition. Moreover, this form of visualization is also very appealing to the eye and can help make visualizing the data easier to understand. It’s simple and straight to the point.
Pick a column of your choice and visualize at least seven situations.
Description:
The visualization I chose to use for the criteria is a spectrum. The data is not as accurately represented in this form of visualization. However, it gives a general idea of each situation’s level of appropriateness. This type of visualization heavily utilizes colour and position to display the data. The colour represents the level of appropriateness and position indicating quantity. The left end reads “Extremely inappropriate, and the right end reads “Extremely appropriate.”
This type of visualization is good at displaying some kind of trend in situations. Moreover, it’s also effective in grouping situations with similar appropriateness levels. For example, Kissing at a Family Dinner, Football Game, SideWalk, Bar, and Elevator indicate identical levels of appropriateness according to the visualization. Also, the visualization shows that the least appropriate situation to kiss is at a job interview, and the most suitable time to kiss is on a date.
This form of visualization leans closer to displaying categorical data; it is not an effective measure for the numerical data set provided. However, I’m displaying how categorical data can still indicate order (Least to Most, Most to least, Trend, etc.) Moreover, this form of data has excellent visual appeal. Numerical data can also be incorporated if quantitative labels are provided for each colour section.
Pick five situations you choose and visualize the “crying and shouting behaviour appropriateness.”
Description:
The visualization I chose for this criterion is a point graph(sketch). The X-axis indicates categorical data (the five situations “Class”, “Bus,””“Job Interview”, “Bar,””“Restroom”.) Th.” Y-axis indicates the level of appropriateness. Colour suggests the type of behaviour and is supported by a legend. On the side reads “0 - the behaviour is extremely inappropriate, and 9 - the behaviour is extremely appropriate.”
This visualization can help us determine similarities and differences between two or more types of situations for two or more types of behaviours. Moreover, this data type is an easy way to indicate the order for each situation. An example that can be derived from this graph is that it is more appropriate to cry in the restroom than to shout in the restroom.
I chose this form of visualization because it’s a simple and concise way of comparing more than one type of behaviour. We can easily group and indicate the behaviours by having just the Y axis as numerical data.
Visualize the appropriateness for all of a date’s behaviour.
Description:
This is a physical visualization of every behaviour on a date. The visualization primarily uses length as an indication of quantity and colour as an indication of category. It also comes with a legend indicating types of behaviour and their association with colour.
What we can learn from this data is which behaviours are least and most appropriate on a date. Moreover, by interacting with each dowel, one can segregate, order and take data as one pleases. By having numeric data represented at height, there’s a tangible measure that’s easy to compare. The visualization indicates that the most appropriate behaviour on a date is to kiss, and the least appropriate is to belch.
Interaction with physical visualization is an effective tool for better understanding and interpreting data. That is the primary reason I chose this type of visualization. Moreover, tangible visualizations are limitless. For example, a sketch would make it difficult to take away data compared to having a physical model.
Visualize the appropriateness of Belching in every situation.
Description:
It utilizes colours and labels to represent categorical data situations. Shape and area are utilized to display numeric quantities. The visualization consists mostly of non-numeric variables to display appropriateness. Quantity can be indicated if a label for each area is provided. As a sketch accuracy is mediocre, however can be improved upon if technology was used.
This type of visualization is a good indicator of any outstanding outliers; for example, with my visualization of the appropriateness of “Laugh” in every situation, the church is off compared to the rest of the situations. It shows the smallest value of the area and, therefore, is the least appropriate situation to laugh at. This type of visualization makes it hard to indicate which situation is the most appropriate, as there is no easy way of identifying incremental changes between the squares.
I chose this type of visualization because it’s in the more appealing data visualization section, creating a more meaningful experience for the reader. Moreover, It’s open to any additions to the data set and can easily be incorporated.