Quantitative Data Classification and Ethical Implications
The image below shows four different quantitative data classification methods to visualize the housing cost in the city of Vancouver, BC. The goal of the exercise was to show how the same data can be presented in very different ways depending on how the categorization is designed. The map classifying housing cost by standard deviation for example represents a more relative picture of the cost per house in Vancouver because it shows where the lowest housing cost is in relation to the most expensive. In order to show prices as fixed brackets of cost, the…read more
