Exercise - Three Ways of Visualising

Reference Material

See Which Chart to UseWhich Chart to Use
From Data to Viz

Find the graphic you need. Has a handy flow chart to decide on the basis of what your data looks like.

Data Viz Project

Collections of data visualizations to get inspired and fi... for a list of reference material that show the different types of visualisations and the types of charts that can be used to represent them.

Instructions

Find a small table of data that has at least 2x3 cells of data. Use the types of visualisations listed in the Data Viz Project to find 3 different ways to visualise this data. Try and use unusual ways to represent the data, if you can come up with something that's not in the website that's a bonus.

Here are some examples of tables:

Streaming Service Usage by Time of Day

Average Test Scores by Subject and Class

Seasonal Temperatures in 4 Cities

Submission format

3 minute presentation with:

• Your table of data along with the source, and Levels of MeasurementLevels of Measurement
  Data Measurement Scales
  
  These scales describe how data can be categorized, ranked, or measured with varying degrees of precision. Below are four common data types—Nominal, Ordinal, Interval, and R... identified
• 3 Visualisations with Marks and ChannelsMarks and Channels
  Marks
  
  Marks are the the basic geometries, or graphical elements, in a plot that depict our data items or their linkages.
  
  
  Points
  Lines
  Area
  Volume
  Containment
  Connection
  Channels
  ... for each
• Any interesting takeaways in finding the data, creating the visualisation, or choices of visualisation.

If you are struggling with digital tools, you can:

• Partly generate the chart with Google Sheets/Excel/etc. and then take it into Figma/Photoshop to add things on top of it
• Draw it on paper