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MURDER WEAPONS USED IN AMERICA . Camille Kennedy Amanda Lidis Lauren Tesolin . How we visualized our Data. A conventional bar graph is used to show the retrieved data clearly ;
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MURDER WEAPONS USED IN AMERICA Camille Kennedy Amanda Lidis Lauren Tesolin
How we visualized our Data. • A conventional bar graph is used to show the retrieved data clearly ; • A classic outline of a murdered body with different murder weapons inside to represent the number and percentage of murder victims; • Comparing statistics between the different types of murder weapons used we noted that the most common by far was the firearm.
What are we Visualizing and Why? • A clear connection between the use of the different weapons; • We chose to make this information visible in order to highlight the difference between murder weapons used when firearms are legalized. • Comparing statistics between the different types of murder weapons used we noted that the most common by far was the firearm; • The question we put forth through the visualization of this data is whether or not America should continue to have firearms legalized.
Where we retrieved our Data? • From the Internet, through a website called www.infoplace.com; • Statistics from the Federal Bureau of Investigation for the American data.
Raw Results of Research These are the results we discovered from Infoplease database for 2008: • 75.20% of all murders in America are by firearm. • 13.26% of all murders in America are by knife or sharp object. • 6.63% of all murders in America are by strangulation • 4.29% of all murders in America are by blunt objects such as hammers • 0.62% of all murders in America are by arson.
75.20% 13.26% 6.63% 4.29% .62%
Results: What do they mean? 75.20% 13.26% 6.63% 4.29% .62%
rHow does this affect the Public? Why are these Results Important?
Effect of these Results 75.20% 13.26% 6.63% 4.29% .62%