What are visual displays of
information?
§
Graphic presentations of information
§
Providing a quick overview of the material in a
form that is easy to understand
§
Currently called” infographics”
§
Required analysis
§
Suggesting the significance and implications of
the information presented
§
Increasingly popular
What questions do u ask yourself when you study a
visual display of information?
§
What is the topic of this display of information
§
What is the sorce of the data? Is this sorce
credible
§
What is the “story” that these data are telling
me? What is the question these data re answering?
§
What are the relationships of the “chunks” of
data to each other?
§
What is the significance and what are the
implications of this data?
Examples
¡ Chart
(pie and line)
¡ Table
¡ Lists
¡ Maps
¡ Timelines
¡ Diagrams
Pie chart
¡ Shows
parts to the whole
¡ Best
used with data from a single source
¡ Pattern
of Organization: Categories/Classification
¡ Question
answered: What part of the whole does this represent?
Line chart
¡ Shows
patterns of data over time; shows increase or decrease
¡ Can
be used with data from multiple sources
¡ Pattern
of Organization: Comparison/Contrast
¡ Question
answered: What are the trends over time?
Table
¡ Shows
multiple data sources for easy comparison
¡ Pattern
of Organization: Comparison/Contrast or Cause and Effect
¡ Question
answered: How does one data point contrast/compare with another?
¡ OR
What caused this?
Map
¡ Shows
relationships in space/geography
¡ Pattern
of Organization: Cause and Effect
¡ Question
answered: Where is this in relation to other items?
Lists
¡ Shows
steps in a process or categories of data
¡ Pattern
of organization: process, examples
¡ Questions
answered: What are these?
Time line
¡ Shows
sequence of events over time
¡ Pattern
of Organization: Chronological
¡ Question
answered: When did this event happen in relation to that event?
No comments:
Post a Comment