Polished Viz #5
Mitch Dow
Original Visualization
This is my original visual showing the threat level of endangered species. Here is the link to the raw data for reproducibility: https://github.com/BBarbeito23/Planet-Zoo-Animal-Spreadsheets
Endangered Species
My original (Figure 1). is a simple bar graph created with Plotly, designed as an interactive visual to represent the threat levels of endangered species.
Polished Visualization
Title: Endangered Species Threat Level
Figure 2: This link will take you to an app that allows you to view the polished endangered species graph. It features a sidebar where you can adjust the number of species, and it also includes a checkbox menu to compare and contrast specific species.
Rationale
I started with a standard bar graph to represent endangered species, but I found that for some species, it was difficult to read their population and threat levels because their bars were almost zero. Rather than removing these species to simplify the graph, I added two sidebars. By combining Plotly and Shiny, users can adjust the sidebars to customize the visualization and avoid misinformation, as I didn’t have to remove any species to clean up the data and graph. To refine the project further, I used an R Markdown file. I find it a helpful tool for organizing code and appreciate its features.