Creative Visualizations
Visualizing Boredom Responses Across Age Groups (Exercise and Discussion Board Post)
Here are the most common responses to the question, “What do you do when you’re bored?”
Age Most Common Response Number Out of
18 and under texting 157 500
19-64 watching TV 247 1200
65+ reading 54 300
all ages talking with friends 451 2000
Instructions:
Create a diagram to visualize this data. Your one constraint is that you cannot use:
Line Graphs
Bar Graphs
Pie Charts
You can create your visualization by hand or using an online tool. This is an opportunity to be creative and explore non-traditional ways to represent data visually. You do NOT need to use a data visualization method that we have explored in this class, though you should keep the foundational concepts from this week’s lecture in mind. We recommend giving yourself a time cap for this part of the exercise (suggested 30-45 minutes).
2. Once you are done, post an image of your visualization to this discussion board along with a post that answers the following questions:
Why did you decide to represent the data in the way you did?
What do you feel works well about your visualization? What
What are the challenges and benefits of visualizing data in a non-traditional way?