RQ5
Do we need to supply 2 visualization examples for each story? One where we focus on human empathy and another where we present the larger, grander »
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How can non-digital data visualisations present many levels of data? How can we present both the 20,000ft and 2ft view without resorting to the digital »
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Are the silhouettes used to humanize the visualizations accurate? or are they stock vector graphics scaled up and down to the size of the player's height? »
r6
I think Robert Simmons lecture on color theory in data visualization was incredibly informative and interesting. He made so many valuable points but one of the »
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Human color perception is non-linear and uneven yet many of us have trained ourselves to use color 'linearly' till now. Will using the suggested color in »
Week 8
April 18 Presentations Daniel on Otto Neurath Yolanda on Richard Saul Wurman Discussion of The Subtleties of Color Uncharted: (pen)ultimate crit Assignment Bring in 3 »
Free Form
Our previous assignments have been characterized by either the data or the form being pre-determined. In this final visualization project you will choose both the subject »
Reading #7
Data Visualization in Sociology By Kieran Healy and James Moody Visualizing data is central to social scientific work. Despite a promising early beginning, sociology has lagged »
Reading Response 6
This series of posts was very clear, comprehensive, and informative - I suppose a general question of mine is why isn't this taught more widely? The »
r6 - colour
Cultural interpretations of colour vary, so how can we design for a more universal perception of information? How does colour blindness affect the representation of the »
R6
1) If so much of the standard of data visualization is set by professional cartographers in the past decades, can we still innovate? 2) Is there »
r6
How do color meanings change based on the demographic you're presenting to? Are there special considerations/tools when it comes to color blindness? How did palette »
Color
I am curious about which stage of the design process to land on the color range to use? I can see it being helpful to commit »
Reading 7
Should it be required data be available for any data visualization in publications or even newspaper articles? Links could prevent publications from getting too long but »
Week 9
April 25 Uncharted: final crit Free Form: potential topics Time permitting: Discussion of Data Visualization in Sociology Assignment Bring in initial mock-ups for your selected Free »
R7
This is a good point: "If data are accessible as needed, using figures instead of tables becomes much easier." Why isn't this the case in reality? »
Week 10
May 2 Free Form: small-group meetings »
r7 - sociology
"[W]e argue that it is time for these methods to be fully integrated into sociology’s research process" Is data visualization used for confirming theories »
r7
Healy and Moody talk about how audiences of data viz are usually well versed in the information being presented, which gives them a context and background »
Questions
"Materials vary wildly between and even within articles" What's the best and consistent method that fits most data analysis? Is it really enough to have just »