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Exploring the Influence of Visualized Data: Inclusion and Collaboration Between University Members
Description
Visualizations are an integral component for communicating and evaluating modern networks. As data becomes more complex, info-graphics require a balance between visual noise and effective storytelling that is often restricted by layouts unsuitable for scalability. The challenge then rests upon researchers to effectively structure their information in a way that allows for flexible, transparent illustration. We propose network graphing as an operative alternative for demonstrating community behavior over traditional charts which are unable to look past numeric data. In this paper, we explore methods for manipulating, processing, cleaning, and aggregating data in Python; a programming language tailored for handling structured data, which can then be formatted for analysis and modeling of social network tendencies in Gephi. We implement this data by applying an algorithm known as the Fruchterman-Reingold force-directed layout to datasets of Arizona State University’s research and collaboration network. The result is a visualization that analyzes the university’s infrastructure by providing insight about community behaviors between colleges. Furthermore, we highlight how the flexibility of this visualization provides a foundation for specific use cases by demonstrating centrality measures to find important liaisons that connect distant communities.
Date Created
2020-05
Contributors
- McMichael, Jacob Andrew (Author)
- LiKamWa, Robert (Thesis director)
- Anderson, Derrick (Committee member)
- Goshert, Maxwell (Committee member)
- Arts, Media and Engineering Sch T (Contributor)
- Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor)
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23 pages
Language
eng
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In Copyright
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Academic Year 2019-2020
Handle
https://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.56460
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minimal
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- 2020-04-18 12:03:58
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- 2021-07-15 10:18:27
- 3 years 4 months ago
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