Teaching:TUW - UE InfoVis WS 2008/09 - Gruppe 05 - Aufgabe 2

Aufgabenstellung

Too many colors where white space would be sufficient
The comparison column 07/06 is placed between the two columns it refers to (2006 and 2007), but this is not true for the comparison column 06/05
In the columns 06/05 and 07/06 the numbers / decimal points are not aligned
A comma is placed to the left of every three digits in the Total row, but not in the table body
In the %died column, a % sign is missing after each number
In the column headers, years are sometimes formatted using four digits (e.g. 2005), and sometimes using two digits (e.g. 06/05)
Columns 06/05 and 07/06 use a higher precision / more digits after the comma
Different fonts are used in the table body and the column / row headers
Some column headers are set to bold font and some are not
All numbers in the 2007 column are bold just like the numbers in the Total row, although the 2007 numbers do not summarize anything
Columns are separated from each other using colors, which makes it difficult to scan through the rows and compare numbers from one row to each other
The spanner header 2005 is not aligned to the center, while all other spanner headers are center-aligned
The outer grid is not necessary
More categories are available in the 2006 section than in the 2005 and 2007 section

The color-seperation was replaced by a whitespace(grey background on every second row). By using the whitespaces the colors don't distract and the information is easily readable
The comparison columns were placed at the end of the table. The placement between the years leads to confusion
The numbers / decimal points are aligned in all columns