Data Visualization

Blog of the Data Visualization & Communication Course at OSB-AUB

“This is my favorite part about analytics: Taking boring flat data and bringing it to life through visualization” John Tukey

The State of Education in Arab League Countries

The State of Education in Arab League Countries

by | May 6, 2021 | Dashboard, Visualization

Like many of my colleagues, I graduated from college back in 2019 and still not able to apply for my university studies ” said Salma, an Egyptian student, from Al Salam high school when she was asked about the state of education in her country. Is Salma an exception?
No!
Salma could be ME!
Salma could be YOU!
Salma is every student in arab world suffering to seek proper higher education.
Although the Arab League consider education to be the most effective tool for advancing the Arab society, when closely examining statistics on the status of education in the Arab region, the main conclusions have pointed to a deficit in educational attainment.
Using the world bank indicators data related to education, I was able to achieve a simple visualization that fully support my purpose of the presentation: the minimum level of education attained in the Arab League Countries remains the highest for the PRIMARY level and no significant improvement was really detected between these 3 years as the BACHELOR, MASTER and DOCTORAT levels are approximately the same.
The data highlight an urge need of innovative interventions that can transform education systems and schools across the region.

Black Lives Matter

Black Lives Matter

by | Apr 16, 2021 | Dashboard, Visualization

Patrick Lynn Warren Sr., Vincent “Vinny” M. Belmonte, Angelo Quinto, Andre Maurice Hill… What do these names mean to you? Probably nothing.
Michael Jackson, Oprah Winfrey, Lebron James… you probably got excited just hearing their names.
Well, the first group of people are a set of victims of police violence, their lives were so cheap that they were killed and shot dead unfairly. Police brutality and violence is an issue that we see everywhere, that accompanied with racism, is causing the world the lives of so many innocent people.
In our research we aim at highlighting this issue through facts and data visualized in graphs that emphasize the severity of the situation. We don’t stop there. We also tackle the black lives matter movement and its effect on the numbers of police-caused deaths and racism. Finally, we suggest a new potential solution and evaluate it