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dc.contributor.advisorRose, Kathleeneng
dc.contributor.authorPerrin, Steveeng
dc.date.issued2022eng
dc.date.submitted2022 Falleng
dc.descriptionProfessional project report submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Masters of Arts in Journalism from the School of Journalism, University of Missouri--Columbia.eng
dc.description.abstractAs data becomes increasingly important in contemporary society, data journalism and data literacy also become more important. This project explores these concepts and examines the role each can play in writing about and understanding data intensive information. To test the effects of data visualizations and data literacy on comprehension, this project uses a quantitative experimental design where subjects read different versions of an article followed by a comprehension test. The article treatments include a text-only version, a version with a bar graph and a version with a data table. In addition, subjects were classified as data literate and non-data literate based on a survey. As hypothesized, the results showed a significant comprehension benefit for both groups of subjects with access to a data visualization, with the text-only group scoring lowest in comprehension. The results also showed significant comprehension differences based on data literacy in the bar graph test condition. These results can be used to inform future study, as well as to inform best practices in data journalism and in data science education.eng
dc.description.bibrefIncludes bibliographical references.eng
dc.format.extent3 fileseng
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10355/94546
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.publisherUniversity of Missouri--Columbiaeng
dc.relation.ispartofcollectionFreely available projects (MU)eng
dc.relation.ispartofcommunityUniversity of Missouri--Columbia. School of Journalism. Journalism masters projectseng
dc.rightsOpenAccess.eng
dc.rights.licenseThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 License.
dc.subjectAuthor supplied keywords: data journalism ; data literacy ; data visualization ; data science education ; statistics education ; multimedia learningeng
dc.subject.lcshJournalism -- Study and teaching (Internship)eng
dc.titleData journalism, data literacy and data visualizations : a quantitative studyeng
dc.typeProjecteng
thesis.degree.disciplineJournalismeng
thesis.degree.levelMasterseng
thesis.degree.nameM.A.eng


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