Analyzing & Visualizing Assignment 1 and discussion 3

There are many ways to misrepresent data through visualizations of data. There are a variety of websites that exist solely to put these types of graphics on display, to discredit otherwise somewhat credible sources. Leo (2019), an employee of The Economist, wrote an article about the mistakes found within the magazine she works for. Sosulski (2016) wrote an entry in her blog that highlights misrepresentations, as well.

After reading these two articles, create two visualizations in R that show identical data. In one, create a subtle misrepresentation of the data. In the other remove the misrepresentation. Add static images of the two visualizations to your post. Provide a description of the data and how the visualizations were created in R.

When adding images to the discussion board, use the insert image icon.

Adding Images to the discussion board

References

Leo, S. (2019, May 27). Mistakes, we've drawn a few: Learning from our errors in data visualization. The Economist. https://medium.economist.com/mistakes-weve-drawn-a-few-8cdd8a42d368

Sosulski, K. (2016, January). Top 5 visualization errors [Blog]. http://www.kristensosulski.com/2016/01/top-5-data-visualization-errors/

Considerations for every forum:

Remember your initial post on the main topic should be posted by Wednesday 11:59 PM (EST). Your 2 following posts should be commenting on your classmates’ post by Sunday 11:59 PM (EST). You should end the week with 3 total discussion posts.

Your initial post should include your references, thoroughly present your ideas, and provide evidence to support those ideas. A quality peer response post is more than stating, “I agree with you.” State why you agree with your classmate’s post. The purpose of the forum is generate discussion. You could post some examples or find a related topic on the Internet or University’s library and comment on it in the discussion post.

No credit will be earned for posts that are disrespectful or not on the topic of the forum.