7) Color 3 - Design Considerations

This Week:

In this week, weโ€™ll talk about good data viz practices.

What things should you pay attention when looking at a graphic?

How can you make a graphic less distracting from the data being represented?


๐ŸŽฏ Objectives

At the end of this unit you will be able to:

  1. Explain the importance of using pre-attentive attributes to guide the user.

  2. Apply Gestalt principles to design good visualizations.


๐ŸŒ  Slides

Find todayโ€™s slides here.

๐Ÿ’ป Code

TBA


๐Ÿ“– Assignment

Reading: We Still Donโ€™t Believe How Much Things Cost (WSJ)

https://www.wsj.com/economy/consumers/grocery-prices-inflation-coffee-milk-903aead6

Homework: Homework #4 is due Monday, 4/6 at 11:59pm. You can find the assignment and turn in your work on BCourses. Start looking for potential data sets for your final project and turn in your final project proposal (due 4/20).