Week 1-Visuals

Question 1

3 components of structing your thinking ?

Answer 1

Think about the objective
What surprises you about the data
Are there any patterns you notice

Question 2

Explain the McCandless Method

Answer 2

4 elements of creating visual graphs from data

Question 3

What are the 4 elements of McCandless Method

Answer 3

Information
Story
Goal
Visual

Question 4

Explain the story element of McCandless Method

Answer 4

what is the clear and compelling narrative of the data

Question 5

Explain the information element of McCandless Method

Answer 5

what is the data you are working with

Question 6

Explain the goal element of McCandless Method

Answer 6

A specific objective of the visual

Question 7

Explain the Visual form of McCandless Method

Answer 7

effective use of visual expression, what’s the best visual for the project

Question 8

What is the Kaisers Fung Check Up and what are the 3 questions

Answer 8

3 questions that determine if the visual is correct for the job
What is the practical question? (trying to accomplish)
What does the data say ?
what does the visual say ?

Question 9

What are Marks and Channels

Answer 9

Marks are points, lines and shapes, etc.
Channels - controls appearance

Scatter Plot - Marks would be points, Channels would be size of points, color of points and horizontal position of points

Question 10

What are 5 design principles

Answer 10

choose right visuals 
optimize the data
use orientation efficiently
color 
number of things

Question 11

Explain the design principal choose the right visual ?

Answer 11

Do you want to use a simple or comprehensive graph

Question 12

Explain the design principal optimize the data ?

Answer 12

Minimize boxes and unnecessary graphics

Question 13

Explain the design principal use orientation efficiently?

Answer 13

Label and titles are clear

Question 14

Explain the design principal color ?

Answer 14

Use consistent colors through the project

Question 15

Explain the design principal number of things ?

Answer 15

Reduce number of plots or segments

Question 16

Name 2 things you want to avoid when making a graph

Answer 16

cutting off the y-axis - this might make the gap between values look more than it really is
limiting your scoop - if you only show points that validate your objective it’s misleading

Question 17

What would you generally use a bar graph for ?

Answer 17

For ranking categories

x-axis would be categories
y-axis scale of values

Question 18

What would you generally use line graphs for ?

Answer 18

Tracking changes over a time period

x-axis - time
y-axis - value

Question 19

What would you generally use pie chart for ?

Answer 19

How much percent categories take up

Question 20

What would you generally use maps for ?

Answer 20

show data geographically

Question 21

Define correlation

Answer 21

values that relationships show patterns

Question 22

Define causation

Answer 22

The result of another action. “Lightening & Thunder”

Question 23

3 types of correlation ?

Answer 23

Positive, Negative, None

Question 24

When is a column graph good for ?

Answer 24

used to compare totals between multiple variables.

Question 25

What is a heat map and when is it useful ?

Answer 25

A geographic map that uses a map to display data

Question 26

When is a pie graph useful

Answer 26

when you are dealing with percentages

Question 27

When is a scatter plot useful

Answer 27

When you want to show relationships between 2 variables

Question 28

When would generally not use a bar graph ?

Answer 28

When you have two or more variables

Question 29

When would you use a donut chart

Answer 29

when it might be a benefit to show a total in the middle

Question 30

What are 3 area charts ?

Answer 30

Regular, Stacked, 100 %