Seeing Sociology from Washington College

“I found this infographic in an article about finding a fitting art career based on one's personality type. It's from a series of other infographics showcasing different information from the article it referenced. I chose this one because it was the most straightforward and least wordy visualization. I find it easy to decipher and absorb, and can tell from even just a glance at it that writers and authors have the highest self-employment status. However, the color choices and layout are somewhat confusing. This would be even easier to read if the darker color highlighted the larger portion of the pie chart. I also believe this information would benefit from being arranged in a tower or pyramid structure, with the highest percentage being on the top and/or bigger than those below it.” (found this infographic in an article about finding a fitting art career based on one's personality type. It's from a series of other infographics showcasing different information from the article it referenced. I chose this one because it was the most straightforward and least wordy visualization. (https://www.dailyinfographic.com/the-perfect-art-career-for-your-personality-type) - Amara S.

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“I like how simple this infographic is. You can look at it and quickly see what it is trying to tell you, which makes it easy for the audience to understand. However, I think that the color choices are poor. Since this infographic is presenting data about artists, I think that the color choices should be more bright and appealing to look at because that makes more sense with the theme.  I also agree that a pyramid structure would be beneficial for this infographic because it would help show the differences in the percentages given that they are all relatively close.” - Erica E.

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“I would agree that the infographic is very effective and simplistic in getting its message across. The title at the top of the page is clear and gives a concise summary of the data being presented. However, I must say it is ironic how an infographic about art roles is not very aesthetically pleasing. I think the color scheme is very dull and boring and does not complement the theme well at all.” - Ty S.

“I found a very interesting article in which Nathan You took the same set of data on life expectancy and used 25 different infographics to display the data.  It was fascinating to see how each infographic showcases a different aspect of the data.  Some of the inforgraphics were unclear, but this one wasn't.  It focuses on life expectancy for a lot of countries (unspecified) from 2000 to 2015.  It appears life expectancy is on an upward trend.  One thing I don't like about it is that we don't know which dot is which country, but that would be hard to show in such limited space.  I like how we don't just see the average life expectancy worldwide, or the average life expectancy for every country in a year.  The combinations of dots show changes over time and distribution of life expectancy. (https://flowingdata.com/2017/01/24/one-dataset-visualized-25-ways/) - Sara B.

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“The only thing that really works for this graph is the representation of the data and how years are on the x-axis and the ages of life expectancy on the y-axis and the dots representing the countries. What doesn't work for this infographic is that there is a lot of data shoved together onto one graph. This makes it hard for readers to understand what is going on initially and to distinguish which country is which when it comes to the purple dots.” - Chris P.

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“I like the way this infographic almost keeps every country anonymous, that way, the viewer focuses more on the average global life expectancy rather than trying to look up what specific country is the best and the worst. I believe that is what this infographic is going for. It's also a very visually appealing set of data, the slight trend upwards is very easy to make out which allows the reader to understand it faster.

However, for me, this infographic took a second look for me to analyze adequately. I think that is what is holding this infographic back a little bit for me. I wonder if there is a clearer way to show the distribution of countries and just how many are in the same group. I find it almost annoying to try to count how many countries are in a specific range via tiny dots.” - Dante C.

"This infographic shows the benefits of vaccines. It was put out by the CDC to prove that vaccines do more good than harm. I like this infographic because it is easy to follow and gets right to the point. The middle numbers show how much the disease went down. I like the fact that they used needles to show the numbers because it relates to vaccines. All in all, I think that this is a really good infographic." - Gianna C.

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"This infographic is really simple yet bold. There is a lot of information, however, it is expressed almost entirely in the visuals. I feel like in an article, this infographic would be really helpful because the article could go into detail and the infographic demonstrates the straightforward facts and examples of vaccination. Overall, I really like the simpleness of the image and it doesn't try to complicate itself with more information than necessary." - Meg K.

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"This infographic is amazingly structured to deliver large amounts of information, and the use of a single pop color makes it easy to read at a glance! My only qualm with it is recording morbidity versus cases because that makes the effect seem even less amazing than it actually is. (unless it is morbidity vs morbidity, however, if that is the case it is labeled confusingly, which would also be a qualm)." - Margaret P.