Chapter 1—Look at Data

Data Visualization: A Practical Introduction by Kierann Healy I think the researches and graphic examples that were provided in the writing aims to identify factors that determine how people interact with visualized data—by investigating the working mechanism of  human perception and its tendency, Kierann Healy discusses how graphic representations…

7 Numbers

Thursday | PositionFriday | Size Saturday | Value Sunday | ColorMonday | Orientation Tuesday | Shape An estimate of 337,880 parking regulation signs were in England, 2013—Estimating the number of traffic signs in England: 2013 Wednesday | Texture Total number of neurons in mammalian species examined with the isotropic fractionator: 2009—86 billion neurons in…

Bar Graphs & Histograms

What is a bar graph? I wanted to start by writing down some initial thoughts, understandings, and observations on a bar graph. Breaking it down to a bar + a graph. The bar represents data which has been visually translated into a graphic form—a rectangle bar. The graph is the…