Designers
Principles
Graphic Forms
Numbers & Type
Other
100
Designer of the Rose Diagram
Who is Florence Nightingale?
100
Complete the phrase: "To clarify add ______"
What is detail?
100
This is a big no-no when designing bar charts.
What is 3D? - adding unnecessary dimension misrepresents data.
100
This is the preferred alignment for text.
What is left?
100
Amount of data per Area of display
What is data density?
200
Designer of Napoleon's March Through Russia.
Who is Minard?
200
The acronym LATCH stands for these five ways of organizing information.
What is Location, Alphabetical, Time, Category, Hierarchy?
200
What type of graph shows data over time?
What is a line graph?
200
The formula for the area of a circle.
What is A= πr2 (squared)?
200
Ways to improve your credibility as a designer.
What is list sources and put your name on your work?
300
Name the professor and both TAs for this class
Susan Verba, Lauren Kelly, Victoria Baird
300
What is the term used to describe unnecessary graphic elements in visual displays of information?
What is non-data ink (or chartjunk)?
300
This shows data that has more than two variables.
What is a multivariate display?
300
This typeface category works well in tables and online.
What is sans serif?
300
Asking a question, Finding something surprising about your data, begin with an -ing word are all strategies for what?
What is creating a good title?
400
Designer of the well-known wing shaped memorial organized chronologically that contains over 58,000 thousand names.
Who is Maya Lin?
400
Tufte’s name of the method to show lots of data in one eye-span and show detailed comparisons with repetition.
What is small multiples?
400
The video we watched in class, "Powers of Ten" is an example of what kind of display?
What is macro/micro?
400
This phenomena refers to the interaction between two visual elements to create an additional visual element.
What is 1+1=3?
400
Name two principles of effective information display not already discussed during this game.
show causality, integrate word, number, & image, be consistent, look at good models, make meaningful color choices etc.
500
Designer of the NY Times War Chart that we discussed in class?
Who is Matthew Erickson?
500
Name five good info design principles embodied by the NY Times war chart?
Plain language, to clarify add detail, be consistent, show causality, represent data accurately, let the data speak for itself, comparison
500
Five graphic forms that visually represent data.
What is pie chart, line graph, table, map, pictogram, bar chart
500
This is why variety in type and design is important.
Contrast and hierarchy are easily recognizable by the brain and make for a quick read.
500
This circular graphic form utilizes a circular space in the middle. (Bonus points if you can explain the advantages of using this form.)
What is a donut pie chart? - Shapes are easier to compare, and there is space in the middle for a total
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