Exercise 02

Data visualizaton outside psychological science

Published

February 20, 2025

Modified

January 29, 2025

Dates

In-class work on Tuesday, January 21-23.

Due on Thursday, January 30.

Canvas dropbox.

Goals

In this exercise, you will work alone or a with a team of no more than two other classmates to find and describe data visualizations from business (for profit or not-for-profit), government, the arts, sports, or journalism. You will add links to the visualizations to a common database that we will use for discussion about the types of visualizations and types of data that are commonly used fields outside of psychological science.

Assignment

Choose at least three categories (business, government, the arts, sports, or journalism) to focus on.
For each category, find at least one or two visualizations of data.

Try to pick visualizations that are interesting to you in some way.

Add information about the visualizations to a Google Sheet that all of us will share:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rLiLBRbDQfInauOUBPNwGYq-0VOjskGNY7Wq2QRTTbc/edit?gid=0#gid=0

Specifically, enter your team identifier in the identifier field, the source in source_type, and the URL in the url field. Please say briefly why you chose this particular visualization. If you have any comments to add, put those in the comments field.

If you want to submit a write-up for evaluation, please select three (3) visualizations and evaluate them based on the following questions:

What data are presented?
What graphic elements of the visualization map to which aspects of the data?
What prior knowledge does someone viewing these data need to have in order to understand the visualizations clearly?
Why is the source presenting these data?
What story or message is the source trying to communicate and to what audience?
How effective is the message?
Are the figures statistical visualizations or information visualizations (Infovis) as described by Gelman & Unwin (2013)?

Note

The visualizations you choose to write about may be the ones you found yourself or those that others found and shared.

Submit

Everyone

Your data to the shared Google Spreadsheet.

Students submitting write-ups

Students who want this submission to count for one of their four (4) required exercises should submit the following:

A 2-3 page write-up in APA format where you describe three (3) figures your group found, answering the questions in 4. above.

Make sure to write a complete essay. See the feedback for Exercise 01 for other hints about how to improve your submission. While we will not require it because the deadline is soon, if you are able to include images of the figures you discuss, please do so. Here is a tutorial to help.

APA template

This template document may be helpful.

References

Gelman, A., & Unwin, A. (2013). Infovis and statistical graphics: Different goals, different looks. Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics: A Joint Publication of American Statistical Association, Institute of Mathematical Statistics, Interface Foundation of North America, 22, 2–28. https://doi.org/10.1080/10618600.2012.761137

--- title: "Exercise 02" subtitle: "Data visualizaton outside psychological science" --- ## Dates {-} In-class work on Tuesday, January 21-23. [Due]{.orange_due} on [Thursday, January 30](../schedule.qmd#thursday-january-30). [Canvas dropbox](https://psu.instructure.com/courses/2381584/assignments/16998399). ## Goals {-} In this exercise, you will work alone or a with a team of no more than two other classmates to find and describe data visualizations from business (for profit or not-for-profit), government, the arts, sports, or journalism. You will add links to the visualizations to a common database that we will use for discussion about the types of visualizations and types of data that are commonly used fields outside of psychological science. ## Assignment {-} 1. Choose at least three categories (business, government, the arts, sports, or journalism) to focus on. 2. For each category, find at least one or two visualizations of data. Try to pick visualizations that are interesting to you in some way. 3. Add information about the visualizations to a Google Sheet that all of us will share: <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rLiLBRbDQfInauOUBPNwGYq-0VOjskGNY7Wq2QRTTbc/edit?gid=0#gid=0> Specifically, enter your team identifier in the `identifier` field, the source in `source_type`, and the URL in the `url` field. Please say briefly why you chose this particular visualization. If you have any comments to add, put those in the `comments` field. 4. If you want to submit a write-up for evaluation, please select three (3) visualizations and evaluate them based on the following questions: - What data are presented? - What graphic elements of the visualization map to which aspects of the data? - What prior knowledge does someone viewing these data need to have in order to understand the visualizations clearly? - Why is the source presenting these data? - What story or message is the source trying to communicate and to what audience? - How effective is the message? - Are the figures statistical visualizations or information visualizations (Infovis) as described by @Gelman2013-he? ::: {.callout-note} The visualizations you choose to write about may be the ones you found yourself or those that others found and [shared](../supplemental/other-field-figs.qmd). ::: ## Submit {-} ### Everyone - Your data to the shared [Google Spreadsheet](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rLiLBRbDQfInauOUBPNwGYq-0VOjskGNY7Wq2QRTTbc/edit?gid=0#gid=0). ### Students submitting write-ups Students who want this submission to count for one of their four (4) *required* exercises should submit the following: - A 2-3 page write-up in APA format where you describe three (3) figures your group found, answering the questions in 4. above. Make sure to write a complete essay. See the [feedback for Exercise 01](../supplemental/ex01-feedback.qmd) for other hints about how to improve your submission. While we will not require it because the deadline is soon, if you are able to include images of the figures you discuss, please do so. [Here](../tutorials/tutorial-screenshots.qmd) is a tutorial to help. ::: {.callout-important} ## APA template This [template](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gkQKBTc7yW03VAndEtX6loWjm7BAmmhO/edit) document may be helpful. :::