GDES-360 spring 2022 / David Ramos, American University Design
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Means, medians, and distributions
Wednesday, February 09
Finish Change over time / Start Averages
![example visualization](/classes/2101/360/media/election.jpg)
Florida Shifts Further Right, New York Times.
Topics
- Means and medians
- Visualizing distributions
Projects
- Final critique for Change over time
- Start Averages
Reading
- Truthful Art ch. 7 (Visualizing Distributions)
- Nathan Yau, Summary Statistics Tell You Little About the Big Picture
In class
- BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook, Arts and Design Occupations
- AIGA/Aquent Survey of Design Salaries, 2014 (cf. past surveys)
- A List Apart “People Who Make Websites” survey, 2011
- AIGA Design Census 2017 (AIGA has been pulling down the Design Census sites)
- Design Census data, median/mean (ZIP)