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ARTS1092: Assessment 2 Tips and Resources

Remember data rendering are representations/transductions of data. They can be as simple


as showing one relationship or they can show multiple data points or they can show data
about data (i.e. the context that shapes data). Your renderings can be produced in analogue
ways (i.e. using a pen and paper or other materials you have on hand) or you can use
software tools (but if you are using software, consider how the software might shape what
you can and can’t show). There is no one way of producing a data rendering. Here are a few
things to consider as you work towards assessment 2.

1. Choosing a data set

You can work with an existing data set or you can work with primary data that you have
collected yourself. When you look at potential data sets:

• Consider where the data set has come from and whether it is a reliable source.
• Is the data structure or unstructured?

2. Situating your data

This is a crucial step, in order to develop your data rendering you must first contextualise
and situate your data set. Consider the following:

• Who produced the data?


• How was the data produced? What were the criteria used to generate this data?
• Where does the data come from? Is it data derived from a specific location or
platform?
• When was the data collected? Is it historical data? Or is it data that was collected
over a set period of time?
• How big is the data set?
• Why was the data collected?

3. Structuring your data

Experiment with different ways of structuring your data. For example, you might:

• Organise the data into a table


• Create a database
• Produce a catalogue (this might be useful if you are working with qualitative – i.e.
non-numeric – data)

4. Analysing the data

Try to identify patterns, associations, and correlations in the data. What links this data?
Think expansively here, you can choose to focus on relationships within the data set or you
can choose to focus on data about the data or both. Remember that data offers us
correlations and associations not causes. The conclusions we draw about the data must be
textured by the situated analysis and not simply by what we find in the numerical data.

5. Experiment!

Brainstorm different ways you could render your data and experiment with different
approaches.
• Do some tests or prototype renderings and reflect on what you were able to show, as
well as what the rendering obscured.
• Push yourself to go beyond the first ideas you have and try to find ways to represent
the data that include the data’s context or backstory.
• Ask yourself: what am I trying to show about this data? And what are the stakes of
the data?

6. Picking the right rendering

Now that you have done some initial experiments or tests, stop and ask yourself what you
are trying to show. Are you trying to:

• Compare values
• Show the composition of something
• Reveal trends or movements
• Demonstrate the relationship between value sets
• Tell a story about the data
• Show the context (i.e. data about data)
• Reveal how the data has been classified and categorised
• Use the data itself to show relationships (this is a useful approach for working with
qualitative – i.e. non-numeric – data).

7. Audience

Now consider who the audience for your rendering is. Are you creating a visualisation for
journalistic purposes or an artwork or something else? The audience will shape you
conceive of rendering the data. Do a Think-Feel-Do analysis do try to articulate clearly who
your audience is, what you are trying to show them, how you want them to feel, and
ultimately what action they might take.

8. Experiment again!

Try some more things out! Play around with different forms — you might produce a series of
maps, or a collection of infographics or an image with detailed textual captions or a podcast
or a direct visualisation. What do the different ways of rendering your data allow you to
show?

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