DATA VISUALIZATION

“Let the data set change your mind set.”

Some things to consider• Keep it simple! • Colour scheme• Research and verify facts and statistics.• Think of it as a visual essay: ensure your arguments are relevant.

Answer: WHY IS THIS STORY IMPORTANT?.• It’s all about quickly conveying the meaning behind complex data.• Draw conclusions.• Reference your facts in the infographic.• Include cutlines, your credit and reference URL if it is an embed

so people can be sure who made it.• Linear – Lead the reader through the data story

Visualization ideas

• Timelines;• Flow charts;• Annotated maps;• Graphs;• Venn diagrams;• Size comparisons;• Photo diagrams (“anatomy of a wedding

dress”), familiar objects or similar size or value.

Average expenditure per Canadian Household

How can you re-create this?

Many Eyes

• Provotis• Wordle

Personalize dataHow can you make your data interactive?

WHY personalize?-make relevant-Increase engagement-make emotional

EXAMPLES:Arcade Fire – enter in your home addressThe Wilderness Downtown Reason magazine – home address on the cover

Jobless rate for people like you•

New

York Times

9-11 and Me•

USA Today

The Word Train

SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT•

New

York Times

Put facts into context

• The size of small apple• The size of Texas• Put facts into relation to each other

• • Tableau Public• Many Eyes• Swivel• Google Public Data Explorer• Gapminder• Wordle• WorldMapper• GunnMap• StatPlanet Map Maker

References:

• Randy Krum / Cool Infographics• David McCandless / Ted Talks• Edward Segal / Knight Digital Center• Vinita Srivastava• Edward Tufte, • Makeuseof: 10 infographic tips for journalists,

RYERSON DATA: WHAT WILL YOU VISUALIZE?

http://www.ryerson.ca/about/data/