Design Process

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Research Question

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Which area sees UFOs more often?

What's the trend in sighting reports?

What do people see?

What do people say?

Visual References

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To gather inspiration and visual references for my project, I explore Tableau Public, seeking projects with similar data. This exploration offers valuable insights into color schemes, chart type selection, typography, and unique data perspectives.

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Design Detail

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Visualization: Location and Trending

Which area sees UFOs more often?

What's the trend in sighting reports?

The first section presents the trends and locations of UFO sightings, allowing users to explore the yearly distribution and count of sightings. The visualization includes a slider as an interactive tool and a line chart and map to create a relationship for a better exploration experience.

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Visualization: Shapes

What do people see?

We definitely interested in to see what people saw, and find some insight from that. The lollipop chart shows the count of each shape.

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Visualization: Witness Testimonies

What do people say?

The data collected witness testimonies of the reported sightings, which provide a firsthand account of the events. These testimonies add credibility to the sightings and help in understanding the nature of the sightings. The word cloud shows the top 80 most common words that witness use in their testimonies.

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