Health Medical Homework Help

A key purpose to this exercise is to identify ways data is transformed into information, through the use of the visualization, helping to extract meaning from the data. Familiarize yourself with the Global Burden of Disease 2010 site from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation and other data visualization tools (see Learning Activities and Supplemental Resources). Look through the various data visualizations and experiment with the filters to adjust parameters in each tool. Now familiarize yourself with the available datasets. Search for a dataset that is associated to your favorite visualization tool (not all visualizations have a dataset that is available to download). Your choice should be one that is interesting to you and where the dataset correlates to the visualization. You will use the dataset and corresponding visualization for the remainder of this project.

Answer the following questions in your paper/presentation:

• Very briefly describe your dataset and the public health concern it is connected to. This should be through, but brief.
• When viewing the dataset by itself what information are you able to glean, if anything? Try sorting columns or filtering in a spreadsheet application like Excel.
• Document your experience with the raw data, especially your thoughts or impressions of meaning related to data.
• Next, focus on the visualization, recording your experience.
  • What filters did you adjust?
  • Were you able to click on individual data points to see their specific details?
  • Does the visualization have a “play” button allowing you to see the progress through time as an animation?
  • Was there an ability to zoom?
• Take your interaction with these tools a step further to answer the overarching question:
  • How does the visualization of data help elucidate meaning, thereby transforming data?
  • To answer this question, be sure to compare and contrast your experience with the raw data against the visualization tool.

Be sure to include figures, tables, and charts (taking screenshots or a screencast could help) to convey your message. You are free to select the most appropriate tool for presenting the data and visualization you selected, along with your analysis and conclusions. You can use anything from office products (Microsoft Office, LibreOffice, Apple iWork) and their associated programs (i.e., Word, Excel, and/or PowerPoint) to video, screencast, screenshots, or web-based tools like Google presentations, Prezi, Powtoon, Emaze, or blog. Be creative.