Super Computing Challenge Oct. 13/ Mary Sagartz
Bar Column Scatter Line Pie
Favorite Sport Number of Votes Basketball50 Football65 Hockey25 Volleyball10 Use a Bar Chart to COMPARE numerical quantities
Favorite Treats Number of Votes Candy18 Chips40 Cookies80 Pizza12 Use a Column Chart to COMPARE numerical quantities
Use a PIE Chart to COMPARE parts of a whole Eye ColorResponses Blue8 Brown17 Gray3 Green9
Use a LINE GRAPH to see how data changes over time Quarter 2010 Profit 2011 Profit Q 1$750$950 Q 2$450$500 Q 3$510$450 Q 4$600$200
Use a SCATTER PLOT when you are looking at the relationship between two different things. X-axis measures one event (or variable) and Y-axis measures the other. Cream Sales vs Temperature Temperature °C Ice Cream Sales 14.2°$ °$ °$ °$ °$ °$522
The income (revenue) of different departments of a grocery store DepartmentIncome $K Dairy20 Liquor15 Meat40 Deli5 Snacks5 Bakery5 Produce15
Comparing students in each grade in the entire school Class% of student body 1 st 11 2 nd 12 3 rd 9 4 th 13 5 th 9 6 th 19 7 th 15 8 th 12
Comparing shoe size and foot length. Shoe sizeFoot length (in) 4 1/29 1/4 59 3/8 59 1/4 6 1/29 1/2 6 1/29 3/ /8 11 1/ / /8
Growth data for the first 5 years age (yrs)height (in) 1/ /
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The Value of Data Visualization The Value of Data Visualization
Hans Rosling and data visualization Hans Rosling and data visualization Hans Rosling and the washing machine Hans Rosling
Look at your data from orienteering What traditional chart or graph would be appropriate? Create it.
LocationsWhiteBlack Location Location Location Location
LocationsWhiteBlack Temp Difference Location Location Location Location
How else could you present the same information and make it more visual?
An example of Gap MinderGap Minder