This data visualization shows the variety of non-numerical responses workshop attendees provided when asked to describe their income in the 2019 pre-workshop surveys. Income was one of the most difficult demographics to measure, as 60 percent of the participants chose not to answer or gave non-numerical answers. This made the data more complex and more difficult to understand through data visualization alone. It also demonstrates how income can often be viewed as a private and sensitive subject.
Sarah Stalcup, "Income Non-Numerical Answers", contributed by Sarah Stalcup, Disaster STS Network, Platform for Experimental Collaborative Ethnography, last modified 31 March 2020, accessed 29 November 2024. http://465538.bc062.asia/content/income-non-numerical-answers
Critical Commentary
This data visualization shows the variety of non-numerical responses workshop attendees provided when asked to describe their income in the 2019 pre-workshop surveys. Income was one of the most difficult demographics to measure, as 60 percent of the participants chose not to answer or gave non-numerical answers. This made the data more complex and more difficult to understand through data visualization alone. It also demonstrates how income can often be viewed as a private and sensitive subject.