Tag: Charts

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Catherine Ramsdell

Racing Bar Charts: An Experiment in Interactive Storytelling

This fall I challenged students in a 200-level writing class to tell a story using a racing bar chart. It was an interesting experiment, and..
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Christopher Laubenthal

How to Share Memorable Data

Integrating data visualization into non-profit work is both a strategic advantage and an easy pitfall.The core of non-profit work, for me, is communication. Listening to..
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Poe Bertholon

Visualizing Meth Addiction: Data Reveals The Truth About Methamphetamine Addiction in The US

Despite the lack of conversation, the abuse of methamphetamine remains an extremely serious problem in the United States. According to the CDC Wonder Database, in..
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Alex Kolokolov

Interviewing AI Assistants for Data Visualization

In today’s world, you need to run very fast just to stay in place. Technology is developing at an incredible speed, but I don’t believe..
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Shafeeq Rahaman & Mahe Jabeen Abdul

The Power of Context: Making Data Stories Come Alive

Raw data can appear sterile without the human touch of thoughtful interpretation. Though information-packed charts and graphs showcase vital statistics, the “why should I care”..
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Hendra Setiawan & Moinak Bhaduri

Reaching for Suns and Black Holes in Outer Space: Analysing Global Investment Systems as Emerging Galaxies

In the past, international investments were the privilege of a select few with the resources to overcome the high barrier of entry. They were generally..
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Victor Muñoz & Kevin Ford

Implementing the Solution Framework in a Social Impact Project

Those who know me will see that I love documenting every step of my data visualization process. I believe there’s so much to learn from..
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Mark Mohammadpour, APR, Fellow PRSA (he/him)

Cultivating Empathy in Data Stories

Oxford Dictionary defines empathy as “the ability to understand and share the feelings of another.” The last few years have highlighted the importance of experiencing..
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Darren Shearer

Above the Averages

When analysing workforce data, age is often a critical metric that provides insight into the overall health and future trajectory of an organisation. However, simply..
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Bahareh Zahirodini & Moinak Bhaduri

The Stuff We Cannot Sweep Under a Torn Carpet: Perfectly Imperfect Tessellations From Slices of Maslow’s Triangle

Few folks doubt the value of repetitions in any information-giving context. Shrewdly deployed, repetitions can be a powerful tool to ensure something stays memorable. Comedians..
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Christopher Laubenthal

AUGH! WHY IS THIS DIFFICULT? Picking a Dataset to Viz

“If you give a donkey two servings of food, equidistant apart and of equal quality, then the animal starves.” This was a saying I heard..
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Erica Gunn

Step 9 in the Data Exploration Journey: Chart Choices

Both the purpose and the audience for our charts shifted during that transition, and it was important to think carefully about what we needed the charts to do.
A large dashboard full of enemies from the video game Super Mario Brothers in a straight line across the bottom. The center involves two charts that display the levels of various enemies in each world of the game.H
Christopher Laubenthal

Hidden Design: The Notes We Don’t Play

The complexity tooltips provide design has always held my attention. Tooltips are about the audience responding to our work! They allow us the opportunity to make certain information accessible indirectly, only discoverable if certain actions are taken.
A network graph representing connections between various entities, which are depicted as triangles of different colors. The triangles are connected by numerous blue lines indicating relationships or interactions between the entities. The colors and sizes of the triangles seem to represent different groups and their significance, with a legend on the left side: Blue triangles represent entities with values greater than 8K. Yellow triangles represent entities with values between 7K and 8K. Red triangles represent entities with values between 6K and 7K. The graph is highly interconnected, suggesting a complex web of relationships among the entities, each labeled with a unique identifier.H
Alice Zhang & Moinak Bhaduri

High Altitude Cartography

These interactive maps reveal that the difficulty of a climb is not solely dependent on a mountain's height, offering valuable insights for climbers in planning their expeditions and understanding the nuanced challenges they may face.
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Alex Kolokolov

Data Breakfast with the Analytics Family! Data Syrniki, and Pancake Charts

The idea was so well-received by the guests that several teams formed and they organized a competition for baking dashboards! Bar charts, pie charts, and line charts were created, along with real, not just playful, pancake charts and data syrniki!
A series of eight colorful, stacked bar charts arranged in two rows, each chart representing different groups within a hierarchy labeled as "g.RMY," "g.RMO," "g.RWY," "g.RWO," "g.DMY," "g.DMO," "g.DWY," and "g.DWO." Each graph plots the distribution of support levels (x-axis, ranging from 0.0 to 1.0) for various items or policies labeled from Q12_A to Q12_P, depicted in multiple colors from blue at the top to green at the bottom. The y-axis represents the inverse logit of confidence interval, varying across charts from 50 to 250. These visualizations are intended to show the confidence in support levels for each item across different demographic or focus groups, with each bar representing the level of support for a specific policy or opinion.P
Bahareh Zahirodini & Moinak Bhaduri

Pyramids of Priorities and a Poisoned Omen: Differing Hierarchies of Desired Business Ethics

Explore how demographic differences shape business ethics perceptions and priorities, using statistical data to highlight variations.