This document discusses characteristics of cars including brand, engine size, CD stacker size, acceleration time, number of airbags, and price tag. It also includes visualizations like bar charts and treemaps analyzing relationships between price, safety features, speed and engine size. The taxonomy proposes categories for cars such as make, engine size, price range, color, year/model, and origin.

1. ASSIGNMENT 1

2. ASSIGNMENT 1
Information Taxonomy

3. ASSIGNMENT 1
Information Taxonomy
Object =

4. ASSIGNMENT 1
Information Taxonomy
Object = Sedan/Medium Sized Cars
Andrew Sambell
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5. 6 Characteristics of a Car
1. Brand
– (Make i.e Holden/Ford)

6. 6 Characteristics of a Car
1. Brand
– (Make i.e Holden/Ford)
2. Engine Size
– (V6 or V12 Supercharged)

7. 6 Characteristics of a Car
1. Brand
– (Make i.e Holden/Ford)
2. Engine Size
– (V6 or V12 Supercharged)
3. CD Stacker Size
– (1 or 6 stack CD)

8. 6 Characteristics of a Car
1. Brand
– (Make i.e Holden/Ford)
2. Engine Size
– (V6 or V12 Supercharged)
3. CD Stacker Size
– (1 or 6 stack CD)
4. Time– 0 to 100km’s
– (3 seconds or 15)

9. 6 Characteristics of a Car
1. Brand
– (Make i.e Holden/Ford)
2. Engine Size
– (V6 or V12 Supercharged)
3. CD Stacker Size
– (1 or 6 stack CD)
4. Time– 0 to 100km’s
– (3 seconds or 15)
5. Number of Airbags
– (2 or 10)

10. 6 Characteristics of a Car
1. Brand
– (Make i.e Holden/Ford)
2. Engine Size
– (V6 or V12 Supercharged)
3. CD Stacker Size
– (1 or 6 stack CD)
4. Time– 0 to 100km’s
– (3 seconds or 15)
5. Number of Airbags
– (2 or 10)
6. Price Tag
– ($10,000 or $200,000)

11. Brand of Cars
Photo’s courtesy of caradvice.com.au, drive.com.au, webwombat.com.au,

12. Brand of Cars
Photo’s courtesy of caradvice.com.au, drive.com.au, webwombat.com.au,

13. Brand of Cars
Photo’s courtesy of caradvice.com.au, drive.com.au, webwombat.com.au,

14. Brand of Cars
Photo’s courtesy of caradvice.com.au, drive.com.au, webwombat.com.au,

15. Visualization

16. Visualization
Bar Chart – extremely easy to read and understand
• Price vs Make

17. Visualization
Bar Chart
• Price vs Make
• Price vs Speed from 0 to 100km’s

18. Visualization
Treemap
• Price vs No. of Airbags

19. Visualization
Treemap
• Price vs No. of Airbags
• Price vs Engine Size

20. Visualization
Treemap
• Price vs No. of Airbags
• Price vs Engine Size
• Price vs Speed (The lighter the colour, the quicker the acceleration)

21. Analysis
• Fast car doesn’t mean highest safety

22. Analysis
• Fast car doesn’t mean highest safety - 6 secs yet only 2 - 4 airbags

23. Analysis
• The more you pay doesn’t necessarily mean the faster
you go.

24. Analysis
• The more you pay doesn’t necessarily mean the faster
you go..
All $100k +, avg. 5.675 sec

25. Analysis
• The more you pay doesn’t necessarily mean the faster
you go…
All $65k -, avg. cars 5.5 sec

26. Taxonomy
Categories
• Make
• Engine size
• Price Range
• Colour
• Year/Model
• Where the car was made
• Eurpoe, Australia, America, Japan…