Clear Explainations of Visual Graphical Data in The Visual Display of Quantitative Information by Edward Tufte

Although my interest was lost in certain parts of the book, it did teach me a lot about being successful

What Did You Expect To Learn When You Picked Up The Book? To What Extent – And How Effectively – Were Your Expectations Met?

Most useful has been the readings, as there is a huge amount of relevant information in the textbook that can be learned. All who well, some of it was already known through previous courses and work, some of it was common sense

2. The authors claim that this book is very different from a typical mathematics textbook. Would you agree or disagree, based on what you read in Chapter 1? Explain.

This novel taught me alot. I loved all of the concepts but practice and purpose had the most effect on me. I will continue to use them in life and never forget

Freakonomics, published in 2005, is a book centered around the belief that traditional intelligence is not the key to economics. It focuses on the correlations between a person’s morals, wisdom, and social life and economics. In the movie The Distinguished Gentleman, a con man uses the death of a Congressman to boost his own campaign using the same name. As the movie progresses, the former con man begins to see the true corruption of politics. One of the major key concepts discussed in Freakonomics is about conventional wisdom.

I believe the most important point that it addresses is how critical it is to know what to measure, or evaluate, in any given situation. To some people, this is simply a sixth-sense, but to some it is impossible. This is expressed by Levitt and Dubner from front to back of this book. Between cheating teachers to the effect of names, they continuously use data to prove their points. The best proof that knowing what to measure can make a difference is seen in their theory on abortion leading to crime drops. Experts and newspapers were continuously pointing in the wrong directions because they simply did not know what to

I think that this book has taught me to focus on every little thing, every little habit of quirk someone has, because I may never see it again. I have become more observant of my surroundings and the people I am with. I live life like it is everyone else’s last

The first painting depicts a young woman lying in a field on a farm in what appears to be an awkward position. She may be experiencing some type of internal or emotional pain which may have temporarily halted her ability to move. The field is very close to what one might assume is her home. The painting appears very somber and melancholy and I would hypothesize the young woman is longing for something she might have recently loss; possibly a relationship or significant material possession. The woman gazes towards the house as if she is waiting for something. The colors in the painting are very neutral and the feelings provoked are those of sadness. Another hypothesis could be she is pondering her life path and struggling to

This course definitely improved my knowledge and ability by helping me build a foundation of statistical methods and principles. I feel that I am now able to perform advanced quantitative studies of research in my current health profession as a Healthcare Sergeant in the Army. I am now able to implement the probability theory on which inferential statistics are based as well as being able to distinguish between a statistical sample and a population. Throughout the course I realized through evaluation of my work and feedback from Dr. Willson that my weak points were conducting parametric and nonparametric inferential statistical tests with the chi-square analyses. I could have performed better by researching outside of the required readings

I feel that this is a very good book that can be used in order to introduce younger students to various concepts in mathematics. In addition, this book can also be used in order to differentiate instruction in more advanced math courses. Either function is an effective use to teach students more about mathematics in my

For most of people, it is difficult to read extensively in a short time. However, the purpose of infographic design is to convert variety of massive and complicated statistic into data visualization, which could make people clearly and swiftly comprehend the main ideas of a text. Nevertheless, to devise an infographic is considerably difficult because the designer has to turn a complex subject into a digestible and enchanting experience. Therefore, there are three things I faced when I designed the infographic.

I will never judge a book (or class) by its cover. I dreaded taking this class, because of a preconceived idea of what this class would entail. I thought it would be a lot of information on the reason an artist chose to make a particular piece, why they

Majority of the human race gets engaged to objects or images that will draw their attention. We see things and we start to think and wonder, then search for answers, sometimes our brains can put things together quickly, but interested to learn more. A visualization researcher Colin Ware says, “2.05D is our depth perception.” That I am shocked to even hear or know because he also said, “what we actually see when we open our eyes is an interpretation of the world on two very similar 2-D planes (one from each eye).”

In the painting I see a mantel with a clock and two cylinders sitting on top; I also see a mirror sitting above the mantel. Inside the mantel a locomotive is protruding from the wall. The locomotive is in the foreground and the mantel is helping the locomotive look that way. The mantel, clock, and cylinders are in the middle ground of the painting. The mirror and wall are in the background. The locomotive creates atmospheric perspective by casting a shadow across the mantel. So does the clock by having a reflection in the mirror. The detailing in the mantel uses linear perspective by lining up with the vanishing point. Details in the wall also use linear perspective.