Assignment: Design and Best Practices

Instructions:
Part 1: Which Gestalt Principle could you use?
When we implement data for explanatory purposes, we often leave our presentations with our intended audience. The visualizations will include both text and visuals. This is a challenge as, many times, this creates a lot of work for our audience and increases the cognitive load. We must create visualizations that tie the text to the data. This is accomplished using the Gestalt Principles we learned in class. Looking at the following graph, which Gestalt Principles can be implemented to tie the text to the graph?

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Match the following Gestalt Principles AND explain the differences between the four graphs with the graphs below. Additionally, indicate which graph you believe would create the least cognitive load for the audience.

Proximity
Similarity
Enclosure plus similarity
Connection plus similarity

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This exercise is based on Exercise 3.2 in Let’s Practice. Knaflic, C. N. (2019). Storytelling with data: Let's practice! (1st ed.). Wiley.

Part 2: Color Selection
Write a paragraph that describes at least 5 different colors explaining how the colors can affect our visualizations.

Discuss:

Emotions
Cultures
Are they warm or cool colors?
PART 3: Properties of Data
Classify each variable (or attributes/columns) of the Fall_2023_Track and Field in Canvas (under the Dataset module) based on the following types of data discussed in the lectures:

N: Nominal

O: Ordinal

Q (Interval): Quantitative (Interval)

Q (Ratio): Quantitative (Ratio)

Creating a table is the best way to illustrate this part of the assignment. One variable can be classified as more than one type of data. Just be sure to justify your answer if you are in doubt.