Dataviz workshop group activity
Group Activity: Real scenario from a public health lab in the USA: Can we identify ways to reduce poor sequencing outcomes?
A state public health lab receives samples from individual labs. The data is aggregated in a spreadsheet.
The state public health lab sequences samples and analyses the data using bioinformatics methods, and adds their results to a spreadsheet.
Please find below three alternative data visualisation options:
Using a spreadsheet
Using Python (this is available in Google Colab)
Using Data-flo and Microreact
Work in groups to answer the following questions and present your findings to the rest of the classroom.
*What happens if the data input changes ?
What if we add more input data ?
What if date intervals change ?
What if the question changes, would you change the methods you used to train your audience?
Which method would you train others to apply and why ?
Can you think which tools and applications would you use to analyse data in different contexts? eg for difference audience*
Please free to express your thoughts on different technologies/implementations by replying to this forum.