Visual Crit

1. Make a note of the first few things you see.
2. Make a note of the first idea that forms in your mind and then search for more.
3. Make notes on likes, dislikes, and wish-I-saws.
4. Find three things you’d change and briefly say why.
5. Sketch and/or prototype your own version, and critique yourself.

Link to book text

This is practice for part of our visualization challenge.

1. A messy data set that requires you to describe its issues and what you would do to clean it up for use in visualization.
   
2. A data journalism article review where you identify the strengths and weaknesses of the visualizations used to tell their story.
   
3. A visualization request to be done in Tableau with the data set that we provide.

Crit 1 - Election Simulation

Let’s work through the steps together.

Challenge Questions

1. Make a note of the first few things you see.
2. Write a short description of the message of the chart (you can come back to this)
3. Note 2-3 likes, 2-3 dislikes, and 2-3 wish-I-saws.
4. Explain the changes you would make on your 2-3 dislikes and the reason for the changes.
5. Sketch and/or prototype your own version, and write a 3-4 sentence paragraph critique of your prototype.

Crit 2 - United Nations

Work through the left chart on your own (15 minutes).

Practice Your Crit Skills

• The Economist: Graphic Detail
• The New York Times: Upshot
• Five Thirty Eight

Code the chart

The data