Discussion questions#
Find an example of a data graphic from a paper you have recently read. Analyze the graphic along the six competing dimensions that Cairo proposed focusing on the tradeoffs the designer appears to have made. What does the figure prioritize, and what does it sacrifice? Are there ways that this figure could be tuned to better achieve ‘graphic excellence’?
Yanai & Lercher (2020) made the case that being narrowly focused on hypotheses can result in missing meaningful patterns in your data. How do you reconcile their conclusion with the case made in the theory lectures that data analysis should be hypothesis driven?