Bus 101: Lecture 6 Flashcards
Steps to creating a good visualization
understand the context, choose the right visual, remove clutter, focus the audience’s attention.
Which visual is the best for displaying changes, patterns, and relationships?
charts and graphs
If you just need to communicate one number…
just use that number.
heatmaps
leverage colour to focus attention to specific points.
column and bar charts
used for categorical or discrete data
for bar charts…
the axis should always start at zero.
waterfall charts
best used to show a starting value, and then changes that result in a final value.
line graphs
used for continuous data
scatter plots
show the relationship between two data points
Clutter
Anything takes up space but doesn’t improve understanding on a visualization.
pie charts
commonly used; not effective as it is hard to judge area.
3D charts
only add clutter to the data set.
colour blindness
the most common form is red-green colourblindness.
in the writing process, prewriting should take…
25% of the time.
in the writing process, drafting should take…
25% of the time.
in the writing process, revising should take…
50% of the time.
Prewriting
what are you trying to achieve, what do you need to address?
Write an outline and conduct research.
Drafting
follow your outline (don’t need to write in order that it will be read).
Revision
purge filler words, empty words. Make more concise.
Proofread final copy three times.
Verbal delivery
the words you have prepared.
Non-verbal delivery
the way you deliver your words.
