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Data Visualization Examples

On this page you will find five different methods of interpreting one data set. These data are the number of bicyclists riding across a popular bridge in Seattle, recorded hourly over a period of many years. The first communication method is an ensonification with tones generated for each day measured in the data set. The following four communication methods are different ways of visualizing the data. Please select one of these communications methods to discuss in your second essay.


Line plot of total rides per monthRose plot of average rides per hourMulti-value bar plot of rides per month per yearBox and whisker plot of rides per month