Due: Fri, Sep 29 (Cutoff:Fri, Oct 06)
Canvas Link: Seek and Find 4: Name that Encoding! (and change it) on CanvasGeneral Instructions: See the seek and find assignment rules
Specific Instructions (Discussion Prompt):
Seek and Find 4: Standard Designs
In this seek and find, you are tasked with finding a visualization that is based on a “standard” design. It should be a type of chart you’ve seen before – preferably one that has a name (from playing with Tableau or doing the third part of the readings, you should know the names of lots of common chart types).
We specifically want you to find “good” examples (despite being based on a standard design). A visualization that seems appropriate for the data and task.
As usual, provide a picture and a link. In your description, please explain:
- What is the “standard design” that it is based on?
- What are the encodings in this visualization?
- How appropriate is the design to the form of the data (i.e., the data abstraction)?
- How appropriate is the design to the tasks? (or, what tasks is it appropriate for)
- Why do you think this is an effective visualization.
Note that this time we are asking you to do some critique.
