Working Mothers
The Visualization “Working Mothers” is a good example of interactivity with usage of different tableau features but it is too general and lacks claim, argument, predictions etc.
The visualization shows the percentage of working mothers from 1860 to 2010 in US, there are 3 different charts, two for comparing 2 years and another showing change in the ranking for the years selected. We can select the years using a slider. All three charts are dynamically connected.
What I like
- Slider bar to select different years for comparison
- Interactivity between all three charts
- Showing of ranking and its increase and decrease at the same time, using lines
What is missing
- If Region level data is included, the audience can see the variation of working women over the course of time across regions like south, south-east etc.
- The visualization compares just two years and there is no way to see the variations across time and comparing the same to two different regions/states can add an argument/claim to the visualization
- Audience – The audience to this visualization is not clear
- Claim – There is no claim, for ex – there has been an increase of working mothers after 1950
- Argument – the Visualization is not making any argument like “x” state has more working mother
- Action and Prediction elements are missing, it would be a nice add on to predict number of working mothers over the next 50 years
For the above even though the visualization makes use of cool tableau features it lacks in the essential elements like Argument and prediction.
Source -https://public.tableau.com/profile/adam.davis5609#!/vizhome/WorkingMothers/WorkingMothersStateRates