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Social Change with Data Visualization

Bryan Connor
January 30, 2012

Social Change with Data Visualization

Talk given to the Tech and Social change meetup group here in Baltimore.

Bryan Connor

January 30, 2012
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  1. What are Baltimore city employees paid? Who are the highest

    and lowest Baltimore city employees? How have the salaries of Baltimore city employees changed over time? How does the change in Baltimore city employee salaries compare to tax rates over time? EXPLORE AND ASK QUESTIONS
  2. Bars BAR CHART Compare discrete values Closed range of values,

    no gaps HISTOGRAM Compare two like datasets STACKED BAR CHARTS
  3. Lines LINE GRAPH continuous values, connected AREA GRAPHS continuous values,

    stacked HORIZON GRAPH set threshold with negative values
  4. Parts of a whole TREEMAP hierarchical data & volume ENCLOSURE

    DIAGRAM hierarchical data & volume PIE CHART percentages of a whole
  5. QUALITATIVE MATRIX Two related qualitative scales SCATTER PLOT Correlated variables

    plotted BUBBLE CHART Correlated variables & scale variable NETWORK GRAPH Links between nodes and groups SANKEY DIAGRAM Flow quantities in a system GANT CHART Event duration ove time
  6. “When I am working on a problem, I never think

    about beauty… but when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong.” – BUCKMINSTER FULLER
  7. STATIC VISUALS SUPPORTING ARTICLES SOCIAL CONTEXT FROM FRIENDS VIDEO /

    AUDIO CONTEXT FULL EXPERIENCE OR GAME INTERACTIVE AND TIMELINES VISUALIZATIONS + VEHICLE OR
  8. Fell In Love with Data The Why Axis JunkCharts Visualize

    This Designing Data Visualizations Designing with Data BLOGS + BOOKS