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<title>Zk | 2010-11-17 15:59:38</title>
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<h1>Zk | 2010-11-17 15:59:38</h1>
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<p><span class="tag">blog</span> <span class="tag">fossil</span> <span class="tag">diary</span></p>
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<p>Nathan Yau, over at FlowingData, posted <a href="http://flowingdata.com/2010/11/16/visualize-this-winning-wikipedia-fundraiser-banners/">another "Visualize This" challenge</a>, this time to take a look at some <a href="https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AsJJL4_lxQL9dDc5dWU3WUtUMWM0QW1IUnM2c3N3enc&hl=en#gid=24">data</a> that Wikipedia released regarding their recent fundraising campaign. Â They tracked four banners' performance - how many people visited the pages, how many people wound up starting the donation process, and how many people actually completed the donation process, amongst several other factors. Â Again, I figured I'd take a stab at showing the data with Protovis.</p>
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<p>You can see the result <a href="http://vis.mjs-svc.com/wikiappeals/">here</a>.</p>
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<p>I like it when data is already fairly organized, and I like it when it winds up being hierarchical. Â I think we, as humans, are attuned to dealing with hierarchies as it is, so it makes sense when we can work with data that's organized as such. Â We're also pretty good at spatial recognition, so it's neat to play around with using area charts in a way that people wouldn't normally expect. Â This led to the natural conclusion of the tiered pie chart, or 'Sunburst' as it's been called. Â The fact that all of this is all so easy to work with in Protovis (their documentation aside, but no rants on that this time), certainly made this visualization easier!</p>
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<p>I'll be doing most of these challenges and posting their results here, along with any other little projects I can think up for learning this whole concept. Â I've got a few ideas planned for when I've got the time! Â They'll all be archived at that new site, too, <a href="http://vis.mjs-svc.com">http://vis.mjs-svc.com</a></p>
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<p>Page generated on Data visualization: Wikipedia Fundraising</p>
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