My hypothesis for this scatterplot is "As my gym time decreases, my happiness level increases" In this scatter plot, I changed my radius to the happiness level in order to create a different type of visual effect. I made some adjustments on the placement of the circles, making them stay away from the x and y axis to create a better visual effect. For the colors, if my calories burnt during that day is less than 500 kal, the circles will be green, else orange. I think overall my hypothesis is correct, I have enough knowledge about my own body and I think this project just proves that I understand my body more and more through out the years. I expect to see a small amount of circles on the bottom right corner, because then it will represent that my water intake is low and my gym time is shortened. The more circles on the top left corner means that I have been spending a lot of time at the gym and my water intake will also increase.
I tried to use arc in this scatterplot, but I kept on failing to visualize it in my webpage so I decided to not use it now and use it when I figure out what I did wrong. I use the scatter plot because I feel like it can represent my data the best. I will try to use more decoration on my graph, like arc, hover or maybe adding some animation, that's my plan for now.
I used the old scatter plot function Jay provided as a starter kit and try to modify it to make my graph more understandable but fancy at the same time. During the process of creating this graph and sketch, I talked with Kirti and discuss the possibility of using different sketches like the creative one, but it seems like it will be hard for people for understand it at the first glance. So I decided to go with the simple scatter plot and try to add more element to it. After my meeting with Jay, he have a couple tips on how to better use the arc function and placing the y-axis and circles using padding which is really helpful and it helps to make my graph looks more user friendly.
The stuggles I have right now is to trying to make my visualization more user friendly, and adding more elements like arc and hover. While I was writing arc's function, I think I mis used some of the elements like inner radius and outer radius which leads to ugly arcs.
In conclusion, I think my graph really proves that my hypothesis is correct. The circels are in a position where I assume they will be and it also reflects that my data collection is working and continuing to work throughout the semester. Throughout the semseter, I tried different types of visualization that can best fit my data and what I want to present, after all I chose the scatter plot to go with my data due to the following reasons. I think my data compared to some other classmate's data are easier to understand. I have something that does not required too complicated data arrangement and sorting. I feel like using scatter plot the users can easily see how my gym time affects my happiness level through the placement of the circles.