Tag: proportional reasoning

*social justice, bar graph, stacked bar graph

U.S. Presidential Election Results as Percentage of Voter-Eligible Population, 1976-2024

Jenna Laib

[OC] U.S. Presidential Election Results as Percentage of Voter-Eligible Population, 1976-2024graph by Peter Sylwester; slow reveal by Jenna Laib (suggested by Sara Rezvi) (Slide deck includes notes and questions to elicit discourse) Type of Graph: stacked bar graph Visualization Source: Sylwester, Peter. "[OC] U.S. Presidential Election Results as Percentage of Voter-Eligible Population, 1976-2024." Reddit: April… Continue reading U.S. Presidential Election Results as Percentage of Voter-Eligible Population, 1976-2024

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The History of Book Production in Western Europe: Innovation & Economic Growth

Jenna Laib

The History of Book Production in Western Europe: Innovation & Economic Growthgraph by Max Roser/Our World in Data, slow reveal by Jenna Laib (Slide deck includes notes and questions to elicit discourse) Type of Graph: line graph Visualization Source: Max Roser (2021) - “What is economic growth? And why is it so important?” Published online… Continue reading The History of Book Production in Western Europe: Innovation & Economic Growth

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Number of People Per Representative in the US (1789-2017)

Jenna Laib

Number of People Per Representative in the US (since nation's founding)graph by Drew DeSilver/Pew Research, slow reveal by Aristotle Ou (Slide deck includes notes and questions to elicit discourse) Type of Graph: line graph Visualization Source: DeSilver, Drew (2018). "U.S. population keeps growing, but House of Representatives is same size as in Taft era." Pew Research Center: May 31, 2018. Data Source: Pew Research Center"Decennial census (for years… Continue reading Number of People Per Representative in the US (1789-2017)

*social justice, infographics, pictograph

Type of Worker (In Person, Hybrid, or Remote) in the US by Education Level

Jenna Laib

Type of Worker (In Person, Hybrid, or Remote) in the US by Education Levelgraph by Ben Casselman, Emma Goldberg and Ella Koeze/NY Times, slow reveal by Jeremy Knight (Slide deck includes notes and questions to elicit discourse) Type of Graph: mosaic plot (infographic), frequency graph Visualization Source: Casselman, Ben, Emma Goldberg, and Ella Koeze. "Who… Continue reading Type of Worker (In Person, Hybrid, or Remote) in the US by Education Level

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Chocolate Consumption per Capita (2022, selected countries) — elementary and middle school versions

Jenna Laib

New #SlowRevealGraph (Not) Everyone Loves Chocolate Looking at the estimated chocolate consumption per capita, and how it compares to the revenue per capita and the total population. Elementary version with weights in pounds encourages fractional reasoning. Elementary version with weights in kilograms encourages reasoning about decimals and proportions. Middle school version uses metric measurement and also includes additional data about ratios and proportions.

*social justice, scatterplot

The Income You Need to Purchase a Home in Canada

Jenna Laib

How much income do you need to purchase a home in Canada? And can a typical family afford the typical home? (graph from Mandy Lam/@datawithprofmandy on insta)

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Instances of the Words “Love” and “Hate” in Song Lyrics in the Billboard Top 100 (1960-2019)

Jenna Laib

Instances of the Words "Love" and "Hate" in Song Lyrics in the Billboard Top 100 (1960-2019)graph from an article in the Evolutionary Human Sciences; slow reveal by Jenna Laib (Slide Deck includes notes and questions to elicit discourse) Type of Graph: scatterplot Visualization & Data Source: Brand, C. O., Acerbi, A., & Mesoudi, A. (2019). Cultural… Continue reading Instances of the Words “Love” and “Hate” in Song Lyrics in the Billboard Top 100 (1960-2019)