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I've been thinking a lot about #illustration and #graphics in #scicomm and the place they play in design.

Like text, images hold info. I like to think of my images in terms of question-centered design as well. Here's a system of levels I've made to help me organize images:
1. Observational, descriptive. What something is, its inherent form, materials and characteristics. (what, who) Pen and ink drawing of a lithic
2. Contextual, locative. Puts the subject in a setting, either placing it in geographic or temporal space. Gives us the position relative to time or location. (where, when) lithic drawing, with leader lines placing it on a timeline a
3. Sequential, procedural, constructive. Showing change in the subject over time or location to location. How to, creation, evolution. (How) Lithic drawing construction, from line, to inner chips, then
4. Interpretive. Explains relationships between multiple subjects. Can reveal difference, similarity, correlation, causation. (Why) Two types of lithics in two color icons, mapped in locations
5. Bring it home with Narrative. Use 1-4 to tell us a story, and tell us WHY WE SHOULD CARE!

Think of your #graphics as tools in your #infographic or #sciviz. They don't just support, but collaborate with text to get your message across!

#scicomm #infografia #infoviz #sciart
FORGOT ALT TEXT: Image shows lithics dispersed over three different maps of Peru from three different points on a timeline.

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Nov 2, 2022
I have 10+ years of university-level education.

But no lecture taught me how to create good visualizations.

These things are crucial for communication but are often not part of the training.

So, let's have a crash course on visualization guidelines anyone can implement. 🧵
1. Know your audience

You can't use the same visualization for every audience.

A plot that works in a scientific journal may bore (or confuse) non-scientists.
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This. does. not. work.

If anything, this dream is a gateway to using too many chart types all at once.

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There are hundreds of online resources for learning how to code.

But there are much fewer online resources for math.

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You may be sceptical about the online part. Maybe you have only seen math in PDF format.

But I assure you that it's a real thing. And it's powerful.

For example, every day hundreds of mathematicians on MathOverflow talk about research-level math online. mathoverflow.net
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Quarto becomes *really* cool when you see all the beautiful outputs it can create.

Let's have a look at some more #QuartoPub examples.

Let's start with good old fashioned PDF documents.

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nmfs-opensci.github.io/quarto_titlepa… ImageImage
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Alright, another common misconception I encounter is the gene vs allele/variant mixup. Most often I see it phrased something like "She has the gene for breast cancer."
In this example, I think we all understand what the person means: she has a genetic variant that makes her more predisposed to breast cancer. For a lot of purposes, that's the only information we really need.
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Alright, time to talk some DNA misconceptions and how we can try and break them down!

First up, myths about dominant and recessive traits.
This one hurts, because I thought a lot of these were true for a while!

Often when learning about genetics, we learn that things like tongue-rolling, attached earlobes, and PTC tasting are pure dominant/recessive traits. They're simple, easy traits to demonstrate in a classroom.
But unfortunately, many of them aren't really true dominant/recessive traits! There's a great website called "Myths of Human Genetics" by John H. McDonald at the University of Delaware that breaks down where many of these myths came from: udel.edu/~mcdonald/myth…
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