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Professor Sosulki's video shows how data visualization is a great tool to present and organize information. By showing a map with different colors representing the averages income of the residents in different areas, instead of presenting a table or just reading the data, the presenter is making the story more powerful while making easier and faster for readers to grasp the concept. As you mentioned, it helps with information overload, saves time and increase efficiency.
This week's chapter mentions the use of visual aids to add value and understandability to business reports. Data visualization, as used in the example you provided, gives an excellent example of how presenting complex and great sets of data can be simplified with
The detailed report provides visit level data to evaluate specific trends and collaborate with your assigned Financial Analyst to identify areas for improvement. A comment column is provided to comment why specific departments are
Writers can use data to make a point. In Samuel Clemens “Mark Twain” excerpt of Life on the Mississippi; and Diane Zahler’s “Olympic Upset” we see 2 different effective styles in the use of data. Mark Twain’s data in some ways is the more traditional way that one envisions data to be used. The excerpt intends to show the spectacular nature of The Mississippi. He basically posits spectacular statements then backs it up with data.
From the book, it can be learned to keep cities clean and find ways to dispose of all human waste. It can also be learned that from this book people can begin to understand confirmation bias. When doing research people often only find information to back their hypothesis, and what needs to happen is the researcher must look at the data from every angle so they can find the truth. The map itself also led to the creation of Geographic Information Systems. GISs are extremely helpful in today’s society because it can help show data in a new form that is easier to understand. It also makes it to where different data can be layered. Also a lot can be learned about data collection from this book. John Snow had a lot of data to collect, and he also had to find ways to graph it. He could have just as easily wrote down all the addresses and how many people died there, but he chose to make the map, and it made it possible to physically see where the concentration was. All of these things that was discussed throughout the seminar, the book, and timelines taught me a lot. I leaned that zooming in and out of data can change its perspective monumentally, and it makes it where you could prove a point even if when you back up, the same point would not be made. I also learned that we use GIS every day, and we do not even realize it. Finally, it taught me to never take advantage of
The problem David McCandless is addressing in this ted talk is how to deal with information overload. His solution is to create a visualization of the data. Visualization and organizing the material can help us see patterns and connections that will help us concentrate and understand the valuable information. McCandless presented multiple diagrams that provided visualizes for different topics throughout the video.
In many instances it is a good idea to use graphical representations to support the text in reports or business documents. Conduct research and find graphics or illustrations that might be used in documents providing information about the following:
In this assignment I will look at the ways in which data is gathered and selected, I will show my understanding of how to interpret data and information, and how I communicate the results of the information analysis.
Saburo Sugiyama, writes in detail about the possible meaning of the layout and architecture of the city of Teotihuacan. Furthermore, explains that the figures on the temple of Quetzalcoatl appear to be wearing a headdress, to represent the culture of the builders. As well, indicates that there is a possible relationship between the Feathered-Serpent and the planet Venus, therefore, indicating that the temple of Quetzalcoatl is a symbol for Venus. Additionally, adds information on excavations, and points out how the 200 buried individuals were found and the hypothesis as to why they were found in the surrounding and beneath the temple. This source was very informative regarding the representation of the excavation findings and the meaning behind
The book starts out with the Khmer Rouge army, taking over Cambodia, and is threatening all the families there because of all the gun shootings. There is a family, Tep Naro, in the village of Ream. Naro and Soka are the parents and they have 2 children Ravy, Pon, and a newborn baby. Naro and Sokas niece Saundra comes to help them take care of the baby and escaped the bombing and she was forced to leave her family and the boy she loved. Saundra finds out that the Khmer rouge are heading their way and they must evacuate their house and board a ship with no idea where they are headed too. While they are on the ship the baby dies from malnutrition and saundra blames herself for letting the baby die. Four years later they are still living in the
This improves the audience's attention span by giving them an experiment that took a lot of time to conduct from start to finish. Statistical evidence seems to keep the audience's attention longer rather than charts. Statistics can grab the reader's attention because someone can see and read statistics and understand what is going on. They might not need a statement on what in the world they just read. The audience can relate this back to the story of Bill Joy and how he became successful.
Nisa is an interesting character that is the focus of a study conducted by Shostak. Shostak is a biologist that wants to learn more about the Khonsian tribe. A tribe that comes from distinct black Africans. Shostak states that they have fair skin, high cheek bones and are not very tall. In fact, they have an average height of five feet.
Sojourner describes the different point of view as a victim of discrimination by describing how she faces prejudices as an African American. Sojourner informs the women, who are also suffering from their own forms of discrimination, to realize the injustices of which they are victims as well. She points out a man in the crowd, claiming that he says “women need to be helped into carriages, and lifted over ditches, and have the best place everywhere.” Immediately following this description of how a white man described the way to treat women, she follows with a personal contradiction. She openly exclaims that no one performs these manners for her, and she stresses this point by repeating each of the actions: “Nobody ever helps me into carriages,
In this report, I will be discussing the different types of information and how they are used within an organization.
Presentation also can be of use in the working field for the purpose of reporting data to upper authorities and community members by using graphs to track use of the availability of programs to this particular age group or community.
Summary In the article “Visual and Statistical Thinking: Displays of Evidence for Making Decisions” the author Edward R. Tufte discusses why visual representations are very important when presenting data or statistics. Tufte provides two examples of situations where the way data was displayed had a major effect on the outcome. In the first scenario, Tufte writes about a 1854 cholera outbreak in London. A man named John Snow helped end the outbreak by effectively plotting the cases of cholera on a map with all local water pumps marked.
Thesis statement: The main factors which contributed to the rise of Hikikomori are the traditional Japanese family parenting, the education system and the change in the labor market.