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Dynamic and Interactive data visualization and UX

Lauren Lovvorn

Created on April 15, 2021

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Dynamic and Interactive Data Visualization and UX

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Interactive Design Uses

Visualization of Election Data: Using Interaction Design and Visual Discovery for Communicating Complex Insights.

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A Design Tool

Wiz: A Web-Based Tool for Interactive Visualization of Big Data

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Design Thinking

What is Design Thinking and Why does it Matter?

“Most of us need to listen to the music to understand how beautiful it is. But often that’s how we present statistics: we just show the notes, we don’t play the music.”

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Visualization Literacy

Graphics That Seem Clear Can Easily Be Misread

Hans Rosling

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“To find signals in data, we must learn to reduce the noise - not just the noise that resides in the data, but also the noise that resides in us. It is nearly impossible for noisy minds to perceive anything but noise in data.” Stephen Few

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I created an interactive, data-forward COVID-19 visualization: 91-DIVOC - Wade Fagen-Ulmschneider (6:43)

The Future of Data Visualization - Jeffrey Heer (10:10)

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“You can achieve simplicity in the design of effective charts, graphs and tables by remembering three fundamental principles: restrain, reduce, emphasize.” Garr Reynolds

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Free Tools to Create Interactive Visualizations

UX Design

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“There is no such thing as information overload. There is only bad design.” Edward Tufte

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In preparation for the assumption that the COVID-19 vaccines will need boosters, we need to figure out how many got what shot and where to start planning for booster action plans.

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Think about the data and on the jamboard, brainstorm ways to use the data to answer the questions.

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Choose one of the following tools to visualize the data: Flourish, DataWrapper, Chart Studio

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Build visualization and post on discussion board - UX design checklist

UX Design Checklist

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Question 1

Cairo (2020) poses the idea that we should be teaching data visualization literacy in schools. In what ways do you see data visualization playing a role in future business decisions that it doesn't today?

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Question 2

There are as many bad charts out in the world as there are good ones. How can we promote data visualization design literacy to a society who doesn't understand it's importance?

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“In school we learn a lot about language and math. On the language side we learn how to put words together into sentences and stories. With math, we learn to make sense of numbers. But it’s rare that these two sides are paired. No one tells us how to tell stories with numbers … this leaves us poorly prepared for an important task that is increasingly in demand.”

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Why should we use interactive visualizations versus static ones? Is there a time and a place for both of them?

Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic