Interesting fresh #preprint on measuring #visualizationliteracy and visual encoding ability with AVEC. One of the first attempt at assessing the constructive part of #dataviz literacy: osf.io/preprints/os...
Two maps of US unemployment rates by county. They are identical except that the legend in the second has been converted into a histogram.
Your map’s legend can be turned into a histogram, helping your audience understand the distribution in addition to decoding the colours.
“No one in the long history of mathematics ever became better known for less.” Blending #logic with #geometry in #venn diagrams: fun and enlightening column by Jack Murtagh in @sciam.bsky.social
Bellingcat is currently working with universities to develop open source investigation courses in various fields and creating student-led investigative hubs at those universities, which seems well timed.
Overview of eight selected visualization analogies for the study. Stacked area chart is shown as layers of Earth, Waterfall Plot as Super-Mario platform game etc.
Interesting way of #datavis on-boarding through #datavisualization analogies in this preprint from #UToronto carolinanobre.com and oliver-huang.com. Mapping data structures to real-world contexts to facilitate an intuitive understanding of novel chart types could work well for novices: osf.io/rk2d8/
