Of all the sensors on the TI SensorTag, I think the most interesting is the barometric pressure sensor. It measures the pressure of the atmosphere's weight. I personally think it's interesting to know how much the air is weighing on you. One way to use the sensor for an on-campus experiment would be to take readings at on different stories of a building to see if there's a measurable difference. To make the differences in the data more obvious, the readings would be put into a spreadsheet and averaged for each floor, then put into a column chart.
Here's an infographic I made about sensors:
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As a student, data visualization is important to me both when researching and presenting. When I'm researching for a project or paper, it saves me a lot of time if there's a chart or graph. I don't have to look through the entire paper just to find the statistics. This is also the case with presentations. Chances are, people would rather come look at a chart rather than a big chunk of text. In addition, statistics are harder to process and understand if there's only raw data, but visualization makes it a lot easier to make an impact.
If I was to use data visualization to make a change to the school, I would try to get recess implemented at DSA. I would need to do an experiment on how effectively students function with and without leisure time. I'd put the results of both groups on the same graph to emphasize the difference, and if it was a big enough difference, hopefully it would be taken into consideration. |
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