Infographics quiz -JTC300

 Infographics quiz

What type of information graphic would best illustrate the following? Name the type of graphic you select, describe or illustrate how it would look, and explain why it works.

1. Compare the number of worshipers of Christianity, Buddhism, Islam, and Judaism in the United States and in the world.

-         A pie chart or bar chart would best explain this situation. 

-         A bar chart and pie chart effectively illustrate comparison.  According to the JTC 300 class notes, “Bar charts, pie charts or fever charts are effective visuals for your writing when numbers are involved”.

-         A pie chart is used to show proportions of a whole. It is very useful for figures that relate to a larger sum.  In this situation, we will have two pie charts.  One pie chart will contain the percentages of each religion in the USA and the other will contain the percentages of each religion in the world.  Each pie chart will have four slices and clearly label as Christianity, Buddhism, Islam, and Judaism.  Each segment of the pie chart is a percentage and the total amount of a whole pie chart must equal 100%.  The slices, regardless of their individual sizes, can be moved around within the pie pan, we still have the whole pie.  This makes easy to get a feel for the relationship between component values when they are placed in a pie chart.

2. Trace the median family income in the United States over the past three decades.

-         A fever or line chart or bar graph would best explain this situation. 

-         Line charts or bar charts visually depict change.  According to the JTC 300 class notes, “a fever or line graph shows change over time. It can be one particular thing or several, where you plot them on the graphs, then draw a line to show the change over a certain period. You are not so much comparing one thing to another but rather showing how something increased, decreased or stayed the same.”

-         In this situation, we plot the median income over the past three decades on the graph and then draw a line or connect the dots to give us some idea of the relationship of consecutive points. A line chart is better at implying a trend. This type of charts can be used to show how the value of a variable changes over time.

3. Show weather patterns for the month of December in Colorado for the past 10 years.

-         A bar chart or line chart would best explain this situation. 

-         Bar charts compare distinct items or show single items at distinct intervals. According to the JTC 300 class notes, “a bar char compare two or more things. Label the bottom portion with the time period or group, and the side with the numbers you want to illustrate. Be sure to provide a key telling what each bar represents.”

-         For a bar chart, we lay out with categories (years) along the vertical axis, and weather patterns or values for the month of December in Colorado for the past 10 years along the horizontal axis. The bars are horizontally placed on the page. Bar charts are useful for comparing data items that are in competition, so it makes sense to place the longest bars on top and the others in descending order beneath the longest one.

-          Column charts are like bar charts because they compare distinct items or show single items at distinct intervals.  But for column chart, the bars are vertical on the chart.  We have the categories (years) arranged along the horizontal axis and the weather patterns or values for the month of December in Colorado for the past 10 years along the vertical axis. Column charts displays how values change over discrete units of time. 

4. Describe the uniform of a

-         A logo would best explain this situation. 

-         A logo is more than just a pretty image for customers to look at while they use a product or service. It is a symbol that determines how people feel about that particular company or team and team players.

-         The uniform will have name and number of a professional hockey player, so that his or her fans can easy spot him or her in the field.  The uniform also will have a name of the team or company that a professional hockey player will be represented.

5. Provide the history of the motion picture industry in the United States.

-         A timeline would best explain this situation. 

-         According to the JTC 300 class not, “timeline, with or without pictures, can give a nice visual perspective. Perhaps you need to quickly show the history of something like water rights in a certain state or scientific progress in some area. A timeline can be a very effective way “catching up” on background.”

-         The purpose of this timeline is to provide the readers with details of company’s history and show trends of what happened from the start to the end. Timeline visually represents a sequence of events that happen over time, allowing users to understand the visualized data quickly and effectively.