Description
Select any example visualization or infographic and imagine the contextual factors have changed:
If the selected project was a static work, what ideas do you have for potentially making it usefully interactive? How might you approach the design if it had to work on both mobile/tablet and desktop?
If the selected project was an interactive work, what ideas do you have for potentially deploying the same project as a static work? What compromises might you have to make in terms of the interactive features that wouldn’t now be viable?
What about the various annotations that could be used? Thoroughly explain all of the annotations, color, composition, and other various components to the visualization.
What other data considerations should be considered and why?
Update the graphic using updated data, in the tool of your choice (that we’ve used in the course), explain the differences.
Be sure to show the graphic (before and after updates) and then answer the questions fully above. This assignment should take into consideration all the course concepts in the book. Be very thorough in your response. The paper should be at least three pages in length and contain at least two-peer reviewed sources.
Title: Data Visualisation
ISBN: 9781526468925
Authors: Andy Kirk
Publisher: SAGE Publications Limited
Publication Date: 2019-10-07
Edition: 2nd ED.
Explanation & Answer
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Question One
Static infographics do not require the input of the user because they are still. However,
they can be made usefully interactive by including animations, statistics, and some motion
graphics. In this regard, animations will help explain the texts, capture the attention of critical
concepts, and show actions, such as in the case of the tutorial. Also, motion graphics can help
give directed experience while determining the information to be relayed. To ensure this work in
both the mobile/tablet and desktop, it should be designed for horizontal and vertical scrolling
formats (Kirk, 2016). Besides, it can be designed in a way that users only type keywords to get
information.
Question Two
Because an Interactive infographic accepts audience input, it reveals statistics, data, and
other relevant information. However, this infographic can be made to work as static by reducing
the number of animations, motion graphics, statistics, and hyperlinks. Therefore, during the
design, it would be prudent to compromise information included in the infographic and limit
users’ control abilities (Sainz Sujet, 2020). Again, the degree of the interaction between the user
and the information being relayed would be compromised due to a combination of limited
control and limited information.
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Question Three
Adding Labels
Most software tools create data legends and placing them below, beside, or graph, leading
to disconnection from the data. This compels the audience to do extra work figuring out each bar
or line represented. In this regard, having used different colors for different bars/ curves/ graphs,
data series should be labeled directly (Sainz Sujet, 2020). This ensures ease for the audience to
connect the values of data and their description.
Creating Titles working as Headlines
Another way of annotating visuals is creating titles working as headlines or simply active
titles. In most cases, people attach a title to a graph that describes data being plotted rather than
directing the audience to the argument the author intends to make. It is argued that using many
active titles may show biasness (Kirk, 2016). However, it is crucial to understand that active
titles do not distort results but instead ensure the message is embedded in the title.
Adding Detail
Arguments can be further conveyed by giving additional details on charts that indicate
specific points. This helps explain how the reader should go about the graph to understand its
contents and arguments. In this regard, when data visualization is meant to give the reader more
insights about the argument being presented, detailed annotation is critical in helpin...
