BLOG POST 3

 BLOG POST 3

DAWSON JOSEPH

COMPARING NUMBERS

Introduction

    This week, we had a pretty insightful look at how to compare numbers and how we could use graphical data and visuals to assist us in doing that. Throughout the reading of chapter 3 I could really feel it all come together, not only in how we compare numbers but seeing what sort of data visuals they ended up using and how much we actually use them in real life. We also were introduced to slope graphs and different sets of bar graphs. For me, this week has probably been one of the more "learning experiences" for me because I was able to learn something new. It wasn't like it was a pie chart and it hit me with the "Oh! I've seen this before" but I explored several different types of bars and even through the readings I learned more about the critical side of data visualization and how that all ties back into making our visuals in the first place. 

What Tools May Help Us Construct Visualizations That Compare Numbers

     Of course, the first thing I want to highlight before I give an out source is excel. Now we've been using excel now for about two weeks and we could see that it has a lot of plentiful and bountiful ways for us to make exciting visuals that could grasp the readers or viewers attention, but it also has ways for us to play around with the graphs and comparing numbers. This week, we did a bar graph and a slope graph. Below attached, I'll show my Slope graph and how I was able to construct it.

  Excel continues to be a tool that we could use always when it comes to creatively and also effectively displaying data from a data set and especially if we want to compare numbers with its vast set of options.

Another site that I found was a site called Meta Chart. On Meta chart, you can do the same thing when it comes to comparing numbers. The site has a vast amount of graphs that you can use almost similarly to excel. https://www.meta-chart.com/

OVERVIEW

Overall, this week was an exciting time because of the new graph that I was introduced to. We also see how much we are comparing numbers and how much visually we always need to make sure we get right. Although the processes were tedious, it was definitely worth while.