CS 725/825 - Information Visualization
Spring 2019: Wednesdays, 9:30am-12:15pm, Dragas 1102

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In-Class Work 3 (ICW3)

The goal of this exercise is to gain experience thinking about data types and proposing chart idioms appropriate for that data.

Instructions

  • Gather into groups of 2-3 students
  • Given the following sets of data, propose chart types (or, idioms) that could be used to answer the associated questions/tasks. Justify your choices for each by listing
    • data items and marks used to encode those data items
    • data attributes, their data types, and the channels used to encode those attributes
  • Sketch what the chart might look like (you don't have to include exact data points)
  • Choose a group representative who will present your findings to the class when we gather back together.

Exercise

Part A

Coaching Record for Les Miles, data at https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/coaches/les-miles-1.html

1) What was the trend of Les Miles' winning percentage over his coaching career?

2) In how many years was Les Miles' winning percentage for that year greater than his overall average winning percentage?

Part B

Team Offense, data at https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/years/2018-team-offense.html

1) Compare the passing yards per game for the 20 teams with the highest average passing yards.

2) For the 20 teams with the highest average passing yards, how do their passing yards compare to their rushing yards?

Part C

Rankings and Team Offense, data at https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/years/2018-team-offense.html and https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/years/2018-standings.html

1) For the 25 teams with the highest winning percentage, is there a correlation between their winning percentage and total yards offense per game, total turnovers per game, passing yards per game, or rushing yards per game?