Tag: Graphs

Data visualisation, Lecture Reflection

Graph presentation styles: why we use them

Why do we use graphs? simply, it is to make comparisons easier. Designers often make the wrong decisions in regards to presentation as they focus more on visually appealing results.  The example below (figure1) by Alberto Cairo from The Function Art (2013) makes comparisons using bubble charts, it gives us a good overview on of each of the banks and their differences in those two … Continue reading Graph presentation styles: why we use them

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class work, Data visualisation

Student Health and Time use

These graphs explore the classes OurTime data and focuses on the categories of sport, uni and recreation to give us insight on student health and their time use. The pie charts shows the average hrs spent per day that is spent on these categories from the 47 students records collected. The bar graph shows on average how many hours a day are spent on physical … Continue reading Student Health and Time use

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