Exercise 3: Advanced visualization using Tableau
1. Mapping regional vaccination rates
Q1: What is the current state of vaccinations among provinces and territories?
Summary
Based on the numbers on this bar graph, Territories are roughly double most provinces in terms of vaccinations. All of the provinces are moving along a similar rate of vaccinations, therefore, roughly showing that 50% of Canada is vaccinated with at least one dose.
2. Changes in travel to retail and recreation destinations for provinces/territories
Q2: How has travel to recreation and retail locations changed over time between regions of Canada?
Summary
Over time, you can notice a decline in retail and recreation during May 2020 due to lockdown and the uncertainty of this virus. As time passed, businesses had to reopen for the economy and the trend begins to increase, remaining at a steady rate until the Stay-At-Home order was issued during the winter holidays in 2020.
3. Changes in travel to parks for Ontario counties/municipalities
Q3: How has travel to parks changed over time in Ontario’s counties/municipalities?
Summary
In regards to travel to parks in Ontario, again we can see a decline during the first lockdown and high cases in May of 2020. Over time, this trend is increasing due to hotter weather and people’s needs to leave their home. During the fall and winter months, we can begin to see a decline and shoudl expect another rise for summer of 2021.
4. Reflection
What are your initial thoughts about using Tableau vs. Google Sheets? What might be the advantages of each? What inferences can you make from the Mobility data that you explored and visualized? What new questions would you like to ask of the data? How might you use these two datasets together to perform new analyses?
Comparing my experience between Google Sheets and Tableau, I found Google Sheets easier to navigate through and less problematic. With Tableau, I did run into problems constantly and it got challenging however, I found that Tableau produced more visually pleasing results. When looking at the mobility data, it seemed that trends across provinces were similar. Knowing that the data across Canada is very similar, a new question that arose was how would Canadian data compare to the rest of the world? Lastly, I can use merged data sets to explore the mobility trends within Canada and compare vaccinations, deaths, etc.