{"id":786,"date":"2010-05-18T07:21:31","date_gmt":"2010-05-18T11:21:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/graphicsociology\/?p=786"},"modified":"2010-05-16T21:49:41","modified_gmt":"2010-05-17T01:49:41","slug":"2010-admission-rates-at-top-schools-drop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/graphicsociology\/2010\/05\/18\/2010-admission-rates-at-top-schools-drop\/","title":{"rendered":"2010 admission rates at top schools drop"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Admissions<\/a>
Admissions rates at top schools drop | Yale Daily News<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

What Works<\/h3>\n

The above graph was produced by Yale Daily News. It is clean and does a good job of displaying their admission status compared to their competitors. The reason I thought it was worth mentioning is that a few small aesthetic decisions make the graph pleasing. I like the open circles. I like the fact that the ending values are included as numbers. I would have liked it if they had included starting numerical values, too.<\/p>\n

Comparison<\/h3>\n

For those going through the college admissions process, it can be all-consuming. The New York Times runs a blog called The Choice<\/a> that focuses solely on this process from the testing to wait lists to moving, transferring and everything in between. Unsurprisingly, then, they ran a table showing similar information about a larger number of schools which they gathered through a mix of old-fashioned reporting – contacting schools and asking them – and Web 2.0 reporting in which schools who had not made the initial deadline could email their data in to be added to the table. Have a look below. <\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>
The Choice blog at New York Times 2010 admissions data | J. Steinberg<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ask yourself about the difference between a table and a graph when it comes to conveying information. Edward Tufte is a fan of tables because they can display a great deal more information than a graph. That is true in this case – look at how many more categories of information there are in the table. What do you think? When is it better to present a table full of all the details and when is it better to display a graph like the one above?<\/p>\n

References<\/h3>\n

Lu, Carmen. (5 April 2010) Admissions game getting riskier<\/a>. Graph<\/a>. Yale Daily News.*<\/p>\n

Sternberg, Jacques. (2 April 2010) Applications to Selective Colleges Rise as Admission Rates Fall<\/a>. The New York Times “The Choice”<\/a> blog.<\/p>\n

<\/i>*Note that I wonder if the graphic designer got the data from The Choice blog piece – the publication dates could just be coincidental.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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