One of the most important questions that a visualization attempts to answer is, "Compared to what?" Comparisons are at the heart of understanding quantitative information. To help with easy comparison, we do one or more of the following:
Translate -- Apply appropriate measurement scales to comprehend the data. Raw numbers to percentages, time into years, months, days, hours, minutes or seconds, lengths/distances into cms, mts or kms, areas into sq.units, volumes, weights, temperatures, and so on. Negative & log scales.
Transform -- Convert measurement scales into something more familiar & relatable to the reader.
Transpose -- For impact & surprise, transposition data in unexpected ways.
In this assignment, take a very small dataset and create 3 visualization by applying translation, transformation and transposition of the data. Post your submission as a comment in this issue.
Some examples:
From the book "If the World Were 100 People: A thought-provoking introduction for children to the people who live on our planet":
World's Tallest buildings:
% of world’s population that live in each Indian state:
Same data transposed with countries with comparable population:
Assignment 2: Comparative Visualizations
One of the most important questions that a visualization attempts to answer is, "Compared to what?" Comparisons are at the heart of understanding quantitative information. To help with easy comparison, we do one or more of the following:
In this assignment, take a very small dataset and create 3 visualization by applying translation, transformation and transposition of the data. Post your submission as a comment in this issue.
Some examples:
From the book "If the World Were 100 People: A thought-provoking introduction for children to the people who live on our planet":
World's Tallest buildings:
% of world’s population that live in each Indian state:
Same data transposed with countries with comparable population:
True Size of Africa:
A bunch of animated visualizations in this YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@REDSIDEofficial/videos
Past student works 2023 for reference, but try to do better, I mean way better.
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