GIS 6005 LAB 5

 This week's lab focused around data visualization for maps in the form of scatterplots, bar charts and pie charts. To begin, the first task involved selecting two normalized variables from a spreadsheet provided by the Robert Wood's Foundation Health Rankings & Roadmaps. The normalized variables I selected were teen birth rate and child poverty rate. I created a quick scatterplot to determine if a relationship existed, which proved the relationship to be positively correlated. A summary of the design strategies I employed related to the chart aspect was choosing to learn the method of creating charts on Arc Pro vs. Microsoft Excel, which I was already more or less familiar with. After getting used to Arc Pro's layout for creating graphs, I was impressed with the ability to customize. The charts I chose were a scatterplot detailing the relationship of teen pregnancy to childhood poverty, and two bar graphs showing the top and bottom 3 States for rates of teen pregnancy. I created a pie chart on Microsoft Excel, because the function is not available on Arc Pro, which elaborates on the impact of race on childhood poverty rates. I calculated these values on Excel using =AVERAGE and the corresponding cell values for each category. I did the same thing for the text infographic, but for teen birth rate. Reflecting on typography style, I chose to use a variety of colors but maintained font consistent throughout, only varying size for visibility purposes. Ultimately, I am happy with how my infographic turned out, but more happy with the real life skills I learned that I can apply in my day to day life at work.


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