Analyzing and visualizing data
- Good visualizations can help people make sense of data sets that are too large to interpret by looking at the raw data. In this part you will learn to use a spreadsheet tool to make visualizations of your own.
There are many different kinds of charts that are used to visualize data. In this lesson, you will learn to make scatter, line, and bar charts, but there are many other types of visualizations that people use to interpret data in different ways. Look through the Data Visualization 101 Guide and familiarize yourself with the different chart types, paying particular attention to the scatter, line, and bar charts.
Disclaimer: This exercise is about using charts to explore trends in the data – not about creating the world’s greatest chart. While the early parts of the lesson will walk you through very specific steps to make a particular chart, by the end of the exercise you will be creating your own customized charts to see what trends you can discover in the data.
Follow this tutorial to create:A scatter chart
A line chart
A bar chart
In your answer document, respond to these questions about things you do in the tutorial:Share your Google sheet with the email address provided by your instuctor. Paste the URL in here.
Place in your document a scatter chart similar to the one that you created in the Do A Visual Check of Scatter Chart part of the tutorial. It should have an appropriate title that includes your full name, an appropiate legand, and appropriate ranges.
For this scatter chart:What does this scatter chart help you notice about the data?
Which age groups had the highest average ratings?
Which age groups had the lowest?
What other connections and trends can you see?Place in your document a line chart similar to the one that you created in the Do A Visual Check of Line Chartpart of the tutorial. It should have an appropriate title that includes your full name, an appropiate legand, and appropriate ranges.
For this line chart:What does this line chart help you notice about the data?
For which ages were the average ratings similar between men and women?
For which ages were they different?
What other connections and trends can you see from this chart?Place in your document a bar chart similar to the one that you created in the Do A Visual Check of Bar Chartpart of the tutorial. It should have an appropriate title that includes your full name, an appropiate legand, and appropriate ranges.
For this bar chart:What does this chart help you notice about the data?
For which ages were the number of ratings similar between men and women?
For which ages were they different?
What other connections and trends can you see from this chart? - Link: http://students.cs.uri.edu/~forensics/courses/CSC101/assignments/data_tutorials/tutorial1.html
age | avg rating | number of ratings | avg rating women | number of women | avg rating men | number of men | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | 3 | 35 | 3.7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | 3.5 | 22 | 3. | 59 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | 2.85 | 20 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | 3.4 | 1 | 37 | 2.98 | 40 | 3.6 | 97 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | 2. | 64 | 84 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | 3. | 23 | 27 | 3. | 42 | 16 | 2.95 | 112 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
3. | 28 | 25 | 3. | 61 | 62 | 3. | 17 | 19 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
3.64 | 5 | 30 | 3. | 44 | 36 | 3. | 65 | 49 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | 3.78 | 13 | 50 | 3.9 | 66 | 68 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3.3 | 2 | 57 | 3. | 26 | 47 | 3. | 39 | 2098 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
3.71 | 2797 | 3.84 | 804 | 3.66 | 1993 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | 3.49 | 1910 | 52 | 3.52 | 1 | 38 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3.19 | 2 | 60 | 2. | 51 | 89 | 3. | 55 | 1716 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
1825 | 3.14 | 34 | 3.34 | 1 | 48 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
24 | 3061 | 3.72 | 56 | 3. | 46 | 2501 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3.56 | 2 | 394 | 3.68 | 3 | 63 | 3. | 54 | 20 | 31 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
3.16 | 2 | 53 | 398 | 3.07 | 2140 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3.51 | 3605 | 1135 | 24 | 70 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1998 | 624 | 1374 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
29 | 3.47 | 2536 | 3.54 | 7 | 96 | 3.44 | 1740 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | 32 | 928 | 1404 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3. | 41 | 1921 | 3.15 | 519 | 1402 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2302 | 3.53 | 218 | 2084 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
33 | 2237 | 520 | 3.63 | 1717 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
775 | 3. | 69 | 3. | 43 | 749 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2336 | 3.93 | 1216 | 3. | 58 | 1120 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3. | 45 | 1549 | 3.81 | 472 | 3.29 | 1077 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
745 | 116 | 629 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1307 | 3.95 | 3.26 | 913 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1585 | 3.62 | 362 | 1223 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1254 | 335 | 919 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
658 | 3.57 | 118 | 540 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1144 | 3.11 | 198 | 946 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1055 | 343 | 712 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1251 | 506 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
616 | 3.97 | 155 | 461 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
641 | 3.48 | 200 | 3. | 73 | 441 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3.45 | 1123 | 1060 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1229 | 300 | 929 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1046 | 361 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1304 | 3.33 | 640 | 664 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1550 | 3.96 | 197 | 1353 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
503 | 433 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3. | 83 | 598 | 3.89 | 167 | 431 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
149 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
499 | 473 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
424 | 126 | 3.55 | 298 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
814 | 760 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
4.12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3.85 | 3.87 | 3.67 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1211 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3.35 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
177 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
109 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Grand Total | 65535 | 16716 | 48819 |