Questions 1-6 Reading - Scorigami (20 points total)
Watch the Youtube video “Every NFL Score Ever | Chart Party” by Jon Bois of SB Nation at
https:
//www.youtube.com/watch?v=9l5C8cGMueY
and answer the following questions.
Questions in this reading assignment are graded based on completion. Questions 1 and 3 are especially useful
for your final project, so possible answers to 1 and 3 are included at the bottom for you to check against.
Don’t worry if yours looks similar to the key. This reading assignment is meant for you to look at some
examples for inspiration and see what would count for each graph for your own work.
1.
[6 points] If this video were your final project, which of the figures (give either figure numbers or
approximate time stamps) would count for your final project. Briefly explain why.
3D/2D Component: The main graph in this video that appears at 02:00 that is Point scored by winner vs
Point scored by loser is illustrates a 2D component to the graph because points scored by winner, points
scored by loser and a year component as well.
Categorical Element: The distribution of scores in 2015 marked at 07:40 has a significant categorical element
as it is faceted by the type of scores such as “Safety”, “TD + PAT”, “FG”, “TD + NO PAT” etc.
Homebrew Element: When the Scorogami is mentioned where Chris is flagged for taunting there is an
illustration of the football field and where they are currently kicking off marked at 13:30. This visualization
cannot be made by library therefore requires complicated and home brew elements to carefully construct this
visualization.
Wildcard: The AFL conversion bar chart at 10:21 is a good example of a wild card visualization as it shows
the distribution of conversion over the years.
2.
[3 points] Identify and describe a graph that has an excellent use of colour. Describe in plain language
the how colour is being mapped to a variable, and what that variable is.
The figure depicting the NFL distribution of scores in 2015 expresses each type of score as a different color.
This greatly helps in visualizing as we know that each score is a different type and can clearly illustrate its
purpose a discrete unit.
3.
[4 points] If you had to narrow this video down into a non-animated poster or infographic of 3-6
visualizations (e.g., by picking 5 minutes of content), how would you arrange them on the page or
image? What is the one-or-two sentence message you would be trying to convey?
Title: Scoring System and its possible rare occurrences in NFL History.
Layout: On the left, from top to bottom, I would have an introductory information of how NFL scoring
system works. How some scores occur more rarely than others and eventually what is a scorogami? In the
end of the left column, I would add the scorogami occurences with time.
Middle panel will have the title and some subtitle to support what is it called.
On the Right, I will have the 2015 Score distribution split which was illustrated using 3D stack as it shows
how some points can occur rarely. Chris-Brown example as a small table to illustrate an example of how
scorogami can occur. Wins vs Scorogami games for coaches. Current scorogami plot in 2022 for points scored
by winner vs lowers.
4.
[3 points] Give one advantage and one disadvantage to the use of 3D stacks of lego bricks to count
things in the visualization around 8:00. What does the use of lego bricks imply about this video’s
intended audience or use case?
The advantage is that it uses the 3D space or the Z-axis to utilize more space and to draw a visualization to
illustrate scale the number of points scored with the number of lego stack.
The disadvantage is that since these lego bricks are stacked so it can give a wrong impression of the depth
and if the figures are not annotated by the actual number then it can be hard to distinguish between green
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