Many Eyes Workshop

Links to start out:

• IMB’s Many Eyes
• Benjamin Franklin’s Autobiography, at Project Gutenberg.
• ManyEyes “dataset” for Franklin’s Autobiography.

Workshop Questions:

Inspired by Shawn Allen‘s informative post, “The Value of Many Eyes.”

Can you…

1. …create a scatter plot that correlates vehicle miles traveled with traffic fatality rates in US States?

Dataset: http://www-958.ibm.com/software/data/cognos/manyeyes/datasets/1223a930079511dfb91b000255111976/versions/1

2. …create a line chart comparing annual bicycle and car production worldwide?

Dataset: http://www-958.ibm.com/software/data/cognos/manyeyes/datasets/9daf14ea003811dea883000255111976/versions/1

3. …create a “small multiples” country map of hate crimes by type and state?

Dataset: http://www-958.ibm.com/software/data/cognos/manyeyes/datasets/2e46f3b8959a11dfa587000255111976/versions/1

4. … show the energy consumption rates of autos, motorcycles, light trucks, heavy trucks, and buses, from 1970 to 2003?

Dataset: http://www-958.ibm.com/software/data/cognos/manyeyes/datasets/89ade5ae1cfcfb02011d069fbe42097b/versions/3

5. ….visualize the proportion of fuel used by light-duty passenger vehicles in relation to other transportation modes?

http://www-958.ibm.com/software/data/cognos/manyeyes/datasets/89ade5ae1d2998b0011d45aaa9b51e74/versions/1

6. …adjust the color contrast on a treemap of CO2 emissions by transportation mode to better show proportional differences?

Dataset: http://www-958.ibm.com/software/data/cognos/manyeyes/datasets/89ade5ae1d2998b0011d457956a21e47/versions/1

7. …create a matrix chart to most clearly communicate gender bias by political party represented on the BBC’s show, Question Time?

Dataset: http://www-958.ibm.com/software/data/cognos/manyeyes/datasets/3bf820fa918e11dfaab7000255111976/versions/3

8. …find a new data set and visualize it in an informative way? A performative way? A provacative way?