Data display: Common mistakes in data visualization

Data Display:
Common mistakes in data
visualization
Presented by
Dr. Rosaria Indah, M.Sc
PhD Candidate
School of Education and Social Work
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
rosaria.Indah@sydney.edu.au

Considering the type of data display
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› 5.2. The wound and cure deep within you.
› I had the interview held at her place, a small house built by an international NGO
with small windows. The modest living room where we sat was cramped with a
motorcycle, a TV set, dining table and cupboard and there was no room for sofa,
so we sat on a plastic mat on the cemented floor. Currently Elly is working in a
laundry service with a very low salary. Since her husband lost his job, Elly was the
breadwinner of the family. The job at the laundry was hard and she barely coped
with it. From the start of the interview until the end of it, Elly talked with a slow and
depressed tone, describing her experience in tsunami and encounters with doctors
in her life. The interview was interrupted several times with her cry and sobs.
› ‘When it came, I saw the tsunami water. It was tall, thick black that swept away everything in its course. It swallowed all the
buildings in front of my eyes. I was with my husband and two of our children, trying to run away from it but we were hit right
away. I was drawn, and then pulled up, drawn again, three times. When I was on the surface of the water, I saw my son
struggled to stay afloat and with my mouth filled with sand, dirt and water I shouted to him: ‘Son, please try to climb any
tree!’ but my voice was swollen by the noise of the wave. Then my head was hit by a big tree and I lost my consciousness.
When I was awake, I found myself on a high pile of trash and I saw my son on the other pile, close by. We tried to walk to
the direction of the closest mosque, prominent by its minaret, although my head and nose was hurting very bad. It got
worse every day, especially when I remember my daughter. After the treatment my nose was getting better, but my soul is
still aching. I’ve never found her. I lost her.
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› 5.2. The wound and cure deep within you.
› I had the interview held at her place, a small house built by an international NGO
with small windows. The modest living room where we sat was cramped with a
motorcycle, a TV set, dining table and cupboard and there was no room for sofa,
so we sat on a plastic mat on the cemented floor. Currently Elly is working in a
laundry service with a very low salary. Since her husband lost his job, Elly was the
breadwinner of the family. The job at the laundry was hard and she barely coped
with it. From the start of the interview until the end of it, Elly talked with a slow and
depressed tone, describing her experience in tsunami and encounters with doctors
in her life. The interview was interrupted several times with her cry and sobs.
‘My head and nose was hurting very bad. It got worse every day, especially when I
remember my daughter. After the treatment my nose was getting better, but my
soul is still aching. I’ve never found her. I lost her’ (Elly, Female, 45 years old).
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3 E’s Rule on data visualization
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•Effective
•Ethical
•Efficient

Don’t do this!
› the photo is pretty but adds nothing.
› the photo contains lots of clues for analysis but these are not taken up in
the accompanying writing.
› photos, tables, graphs and diagrams are used to support minor planks in
the argument.
› the diagram, table or graph does not make sense.
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23rd
May 2018: Data Interpretation
(Dr.Matthew Thomas)
9th
June : Avoiding Plagiarism
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