You can find the data visualization here: https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/5wzqtw/since_were_looking_at_defense_spending_heres_the/
Audience: Anyone is interested in How many companies are helping the US defense
Purpose: In the data list, the audience can only see the rank, and sort each column by clicking headers. Using charts or graphs to visualize confusing data is easier than poring over spreadsheets or reports. In this case, the visualization can easily show which company contribute the US defense.
Advantage: Audience can easily see which country has the most companies.
Disadvantage: The audience can read only about 50% of the company names on here. Need a better way to label.
I know the color code represents the country. However, in the right bottom corner, it is a little confusing for the audience to extinguish the difference.
Some possible solutions:
I will switch the color code from country to continent, it will be easier for the audience to group them. Also. it will give extra information about US’s relationship among those countries. Also, put some company details in the graph will be good.
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