worksheet
Choose one set of visualizations from below, either Media, Economy or Chicago.
Media
- Usage among U.S. adults: https://infogr.am/_/ESAra971MuDpLHPtHeAd
- Trump: https://infogr.am/trump_trending_downward_on_broadcast_media
Economy
- Recovery Act: http://flowingdata.com/2010/02/17/road-to-recovery-is-the-recovery-act-working/
- Income 2014-15: http://flowingdata.com/2016/09/21/increased-income-across-all-groups/
Chicago
- Race: http://www.radicalcartography.net/index.html?chicagodots
- “Transit-oriented development” : http://chicago.curbed.com/2015/9/24/9917860/new-tod-radius
• The map: https://mrutzen1.carto.com/viz/acf12362-4695-11e5-b932-0e0c41326911/embed_map
First, choose one of the visualizations from the set to focus on and answer the following questions.
- Study it a bit. What is the purpose of the visualization? What are some of the stories we might glean from it? Speculate.
- What does it not show? What data is not represented in the graphic?
- Can the outliers tell you anything? What do you want to know about outliers?
- What are some research questions you could ask based on this visualization? Think about both what it shows and what it obscures. Speculate wildly. Try to list 3-5.
- Now, add in the second visualization from your set. Make a new list of research questions based on both of these data together. How do the questions change?