Making data meaningful

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Making data meaningful

• through effective visual presentation

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Usage of statistical datafor gender analysis
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Who are you talking to?
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• Tourists
• Harvesters
• Miners

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clear and simple message
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Perception and Symbology Size/Shape
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Perception and Symbology - Colour
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Tables, graphs or maps?
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Tables

• Follow a style guide
• Title, source, headings, footnotes
• Clear headings
• Sort data in appropriate order
• One decimal place
• Right-justify numbers

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Source Statistics Canada
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Graphics for showing differences between women
and men

• Box plots
• Stacked bar graph

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Men marry later than women
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Men marry later than women
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avoid using 3D graphs
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Maps

• Title
• Legend
• Scale bar
• Source
• Footnotes

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Source E.W. Gilbert as cited in Edward Tufte,
The Visual Display of Quantitative Information
(1997), p24
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Summary

• Visual presentations are tools to communicate
• Use whatever is best for the audience and message

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• Tourists
• Harvesters
• Miners

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clear and simple message
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Usage of statistical datafor gender analysis