November 12, 2019
#MakeoverMonday: Literacy Rates Around the World
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Here's the original viz:
What works well?
- The data by region is ordered alphabetically, making it easy to find each region.
- The bar chart is sorted by largest to smallest.
- Nice filtering options
What could be improved?
- A diverging color palette should only be used when there is a logical midpoint or goal. I don't see those in this viz.
- The squares are hard to understand.
- I don't find the map very useful. It would be more useful if it zoomed in when a region is selected.
- There's no title.
- There's too much text.
- The bar chart seems to go out past the edge, or at least visually it appears that way.
What I did
- I created a KPI scorecard so that I could understand the patterns for the overall or an individual country. Are literacy rates improving or regressing?
- Show the distribution of the rates of the countries within each region
- Within each region, which countries are above or below the median for that region?
- How has the literacy rate changed over time?
- Allow simple filtering options.
I drew inspiration from Workout Wednesday week 51 2018: Container Fun from Rody Zakovich. I love finding reasons to practice techniques I've tried before and want to master. Consider challenging yourself to learn something new each week.
Enjoy!
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