Interactive Data Visualizations for Teaching Civic Statistics

• Type: Chapter or Part of a Book
• Date: 2023

Authors

Ridgway, J (Author) Other; Pedro Campos (Author) FEP; Nicholson, J (Author) Other; Teixeira, Sónia (Author) FEP

Book

Title: Statistics for Empowerment and Social Engagement: Teaching Civic Statistics to Develop Informed Citizens

Pages: 99-126

ISBN: 978-303120748-8; 978-303120747-1

Electronic ISBN: 9783031207488

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Scopus - 1 Citation

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Authenticus ID: P-00Y-ZR3

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-20748-8_5

Abstract (EN): How might you use data visualisation in your teaching? Here, we offer some ideas, and some provocations to review your teaching. We begin with an invitation to examine some of the historical landmarks in data visualisation (DV), to classify the data presented, and to describe the benefits of a sample of the DV to users. Early uses of DV by Nightingale and Neurath are shown, to provide examples of DV which communicated the need for action, and provoked social change. A number of modern DVs are presented, categorised as: tools to display individual data sets and tools for the exploration of specific rich data sets. We argue that students introduced to the core features of Civic Statistics can acquire skills in all of the facets of Civic Statistics set out in Chap. 3. We conclude by revisiting Herschel, to provoke thoughts about the balance of activities appropriate to statistics courses. © Springer Nature Switzerl and AG 2022.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 27