Unit 2 Lesson 15: Tell a Data Story

My Visualization:
1. Describe how you collected the data for your visualization including how it was collected, when it was collected, and over what period of time. Your description should be understandable by someone unfamiliar with this project. (approximately 100 words)
Over the course of 2 weeks in November, the students in AP CSP filled out a survey that asked about their daily lives. One of the questions was “How do you feel today?” which is what my chart focuses on. The students filled out the survey and indicated how they were feeling on whenever the class met, so the chart represents emotions felt on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. It is a combination of all the emotions data in the spreadsheet into one chart.
2. Describe your development process, explicitly identifying the computing tools and techniques you used to create your artifact. Your description must be detailed enough so that a person unfamiliar with those tools and techniques will understand your process. (approximately 100 words)
During my development process, I looked at all the data that had been collected by the class, and decided that the best option to make a chart out of would be the “emotions” section of the spreadsheet. Once I had selected and created my chart, I browsed through the different chart styles available, such as column charts, bar charts, and pie charts. Comparing the different options, I found that the best option to represent my data was a pie chart.
3. Describe your findings:
○ Describe the trend, pattern, or relationship you found within your data. How is it shown with your visualization?
○ Come up with a possible story or explanation for the trend you described. Make sure
to note any assumptions you are making in this interpretation of the data. (approximately 200 words)
The trend that I found in the data was that a large percentage of my classmates indicated that they felt either “meh” or “good” on the days they took the survey. It is shown in my visualization because the “good” section takes up half the chart (50%) and the “meh” section takes up just over ¼ of the chart (26.8%). One possible explanation for this trend is that on ordinary school days, many people don’t feel emotions extreme enough to be classified as “great” or “bad”, so they indicate they feel “good” or “meh” instead. When I made this chart, I assume a few things. I assume that the person responding to the survey took the survey seriously, and didn’t rush through the questions or answer the questions as a joke. I also assumed that the person didn’t change emotions throughout the day, which can happen. If they did really well on a test or had a good laugh with a friend, then that could have fluctuated their mood to change from what they indicated on the survey.
4. Make a recommendation based on the results of your analysis.
○ Describe who you are making the recommendation to and what should they do.
○ Explain how the recommendation will lead to some benefit or prevent some harmful
effect.
○ Explain how your recommendation is supported by your analysis of the data, or what else might need to be investigated in order to make a stronger recommendation. (approximately 100 words)

Based on the results of the data, I would recommend that BHS institute more enjoyable/morale boosting activities during school in order to better the emotions of the student body. Based on the data, 32.2% of the students in the class indicated feeling either “bad” or “meh”. If the school could find a way to remedy those emotions and boost them towards the “good” and “great” emotions, then the school and its students would see a positive return as the students are in better spirits which would lead to better academic performance. The data supports my claim because there is a large population of students that feel either “bad” or meh” on the daily.

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