Quiz over The Beauty of Information Visualization

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Score for this attempt: 5 out of 5

Submitted Nov 4, 2018 at 3:11pm
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Question 1

According to David McCandless, what is the benefit of visualizing

information or data?

A. Visualizing information helps us to see patterns and identify

connections.

A. Visualizing information helps us to make sense out of the information.

A. Visualizing information helps us to tell a story.

A. Visualizing information allows us to focus on only the important

information.

All of the above.

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Question 2
This is a landscape chart that indicates for concern about violent video
games. As you can see, concern peaks every year in November and in
April. According to McCandless, why does the concern about violent
video games peak in April?

Your Answer:
In April 1999, there was the Columbine shooting that could have been
connected to the violent video games.

In April 1999, the Columbine massacres happened.

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Question 3

Look at the chart below.

What is this chart called?

Balloon Race

Exploded Doughnut

Funny Venn Diagram

Scatter Plot

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Question 4

Hans Rosling, said “Let the dataset change your mindset.” Which of the
following statements best expresses what Rosling meant.

Visualizing information can help people change their perspective on an

issue.
 Visualizing information can change people’s behaviors.

Visualizing information is necessary because people cannot understand

data when they read it.

A and B

All of the above

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Question 5

In his summation, McCandless tells us that information design is about

solving information _________. What word completes this statement?

problems