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Visual approaches to data-driven narratives Alan Smith OBE @theboysmithy Data Visualisation Editor Financial Times

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Visual approaches to

data-driven narrativesAlan Smith OBE @theboysmithy

Data Visualisation Editor Financial Times

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Design with data

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Provide context

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Where UKIP finished second Chris Campbell @digitalcampbell

Won ThirdSecond

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small multiples

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Source: The Conference Board

slopechart

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Honest John casts doubt on VW fuel figures

It is not just vehicle emissions data that might leave drivers feeling less confident in Volkswagen cars: Changing experiences of fuel consumption in the past 10 years may also leave cause for concern.

The motoring enthusiast’s website HonestJohn.co.uk encourages drivers to share experiences of car ownership, including how the fuel consumption of their vehicles has fared compared to official manufacturer data.

According to user data, drivers of the 2004 (Mark V) model Golfs have experienced fuel consumption broadly on a par with the official figures. Although real world fuel consumption of the range appears to have improved a little in newer models, drivers of the 2013 (Mark VII) range have experienced much lower levels of fuel efficiency than those promised by the official figures.

http://blogs.ft.com/ftdata/2015/09/24/honest-john-casts-doubt-on-vw-fuel-figures/

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Empathy

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Crossing the Berezina, Myrbach

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levant7.com

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Simon Scarr South China Morning Post

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Otto Neurath

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Surprise!

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“We can be blind to the obvious, and we are also blind to our

blindness”Daniel Kahneman

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“Americans estimate that nearly 32.1% of the working

age population is unemployed”

6%Source: Ipsos Mori, Perils of Perception study 2014

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“In Australia, people think 18% of the population are

Muslim”

2%Source: Ipsos Mori, Perils of Perception study 2014

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“For every 100 girls in Britain, aged between 13 and 15, how

many get pregnant every year?”

Source: Ipsos Mori, Perils of Perception study 2014

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reality

<1%people think

15%

Source: IPSOS MORI: Perils of Public Perception1,075 adults between 16-75 June 2013

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Visual approaches to

data-driven narrativesAlan Smith OBE @theboysmithy

Data Visualisation Editor Financial Times