Comments on: Advanced Placement Exam Chart [Chart Review]

By: Liu's chart blog

Liu's chart blog — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 00:32:07 +0000

en, You let me belive that details leads to perfect .
I agree Jon, the data could be sorted by value.

By: Joe Mako

Joe Mako — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 18:19:07 +0000

The rest of the info-graphic at http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/bal-te.md.advanced27feb27,0,612956.story is just as difficult to gain understanding at a glance.

It would also be useful to know the total count of students at each school and compare the number that attempted an AP test v.s. the number that passed.

I believe there is much more to the story that this chart is not telling.

By: Tony

Tony — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 17:33:31 +0000

@Tad – Good point about adding Baltimore City to differentiate between city and county.

@Jon – I was going to list that as #4, but didn’t want to make the data seem to trend or be cumulative. I probably would have sorted ascending instead of alpha as it makes the chart more visually appealing.

By: Jon Peltier

Jon Peltier — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 17:12:39 +0000

The data could be sorted by value, rather than alphabetically by location. Since there are only five points, sorting alphabetically does not appreciably help in locating a particular value.

By: Tad

Tad — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 14:30:10 +0000

On your suggestion 3, if you remove the the Co then you would not be able to tell the difference between the city and the county. You would then label Baltimore as Baltimore City.