Identifying the Objective of Your Infographic

Two approaches to identifying data for infographics:

Identify a question that you want to answer, and research until you’ve found an objective and focus.

Find an interesting collection and immerse yourself in it until you find an objective and focus. (i.e. infographic/data visualization contests)

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Basic Steps to Making an Infographic

1. Come up with a question.2. Research that question with data sets or

other resources (keep track of citations).3. Identify the type of infographic that best

suits that question.4. Clarify your objective and find a focus.5. Explore free infographic creation sites and

identify the site that you’ll use to create your infographic.

6. Hand sketch the infographic. 7. Find graphics – keep track of where they

came from. Or design your own.8. Choose appropriate colors and fonts.

OR immerse yourself in a given data set (option 1)

1. Come up with a question.2. Research that question with data sets or

other resources (keep track of citations).3. Identify the type of infographic that best

suits that question.4. Clarify your objective and find a focus.5. Explore free infographic creation sites and

identify the site that you’ll use to create your infographic.

6. Hand sketch the infographic. 7. Find graphics – keep track of where they

came from. Or design your own.8. Choose appropriate colors and fonts.

Does having children hurt female academic’s careers?

Q:

1. Come up with a question.2. Research that question with data sets or

other resources (keep track of citations).3. Identify the type of infographic that best

suits that question.4. Clarify your objective and find a focus.5. Explore free infographic creation sites and

identify the site that you’ll use to create your infographic.

6. Hand sketch the infographic. 7. Find graphics – keep track of where they

came from. Or design your own.8. Choose appropriate colors and fonts.

• average age that female academics are when they give birth (vs. non-academic population)

• number of female vs. male full professors• the “baby penalty”: missed opportunities and

time• effect on average salaries of female vs. male

professors• sciences vs. humanities?

To research:

1. Come up with a question.2. Research that question with data sets or

other resources (keep track of citations).3. Identify the type of infographic that best

suits that question.4. Clarify your objective and find a focus.5. Explore free infographic creation sites and

identify the site that you’ll use to create your infographic.

6. Hand sketch the infographic. 7. Find graphics – keep track of where they

came from. Or design your own.8. Choose appropriate colors and fonts.

OR?

1. Come up with a question.2. Research that question with data sets or

other resources (keep track of citations).3. Identify the type of infographic that best

suits that question.4. Clarify your objective and find a focus.5. Explore free infographic creation sites and

identify the site that you’ll use to create your infographic.

6. Hand sketch the infographic. 7. Find graphics – keep track of where they

came from. Or design your own.8. Choose appropriate colors and fonts.

Objective/focus: Women in academia are penalized for having babies.