From 75a4014e93d24d14c3f89e29f0806dab88069059 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ayla Pearson Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2019 00:57:58 -0800 Subject: [PATCH 1/9] added feedback links --- README.md | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 34b180d..17d2672 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -4,3 +4,8 @@ A project visualizing Marshall Project data through Shiny App Link to Deployed App: https://lyiris22.shinyapps.io/crime-data-app/ Milestone 2: https://github.com/UBC-MDS/Crime_Data/blob/master/Milestone2.md + +Links to the feedback our group gave: +https://github.com/UBC-MDS/DSCI532_Davy_Reza/issues/7 +https://github.com/UBC-MDS/DSCI_532_Cancer-Incidence/issues/18 +https://github.com/UBC-MDS/DSCI532_Youtube-Trending/issues/13 From 20c5e0cd4c0e508a75e5b0b073c907d430235f7f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ayla Pearson Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2019 11:45:21 -0800 Subject: [PATCH 2/9] updated help tab --- crime-data-app/app.R | 12 ++++++------ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/crime-data-app/app.R b/crime-data-app/app.R index 4491211..c8da4cf 100644 --- a/crime-data-app/app.R +++ b/crime-data-app/app.R @@ -82,21 +82,21 @@ ui <- fluidPage( ) ), tabPanel( - title = "Info", + title = "Help", sidebarLayout( # sidebar for chart, input name changed sidebarPanel( ), # main panel mainPanel( - h6("This app allows you to compare violent crime rates from 1975 to 2015 for various cities across the United States. - The data for this app has been sourced from the Marshall Project and contains population data and four type of violent crimes: homicide, rape, robbery, - and aggravated assault."), + h6("This app allows you to compare violent crime rates from 1975 to 2014 for various cities across the United States. + The data for this app has been sourced from the Marshall Project and contains population data and violent crimes rates for homicide, rape, robbery, + and aggravated assault. With the different tabs you are able to compare national and municipal level data"), h5("Map"), - h6("Use the slide bar to select a single year by sliding it back and forth. Each crime type can be selected individually by ticking the checkbox, if multiple boxes are selected the crimes rates will combine to the total crime rate."), + h6("Use the slide bar to select a single year by sliding it back and forth, you can click the play button for the slider to play through all the years. Each crime type can be selected individually by ticking the checkbox, if multiple boxes are selected the crimes rates will combine to the total crime rate, the default is having all the crimes selected which shows the total crime rate"), h5("Single City"), - h6("Select a different city from the drop-down menu and control which lines are drawn by selecting the crime checkbox. The table displays the difference from the national average, the national average used here was calculated only from the cities in this data set. An overall safety ranking out of 67 based on the total crime rate for that year.") + h6("Select a different city from the drop-down menu and control which lines are drawn by selecting the crime checkbox, the default has all crime types selected. The table displays the difference from the national average, the national average used here was calculated from this data set. An overall safety ranking out of 67 based on the total crime rate for that year.") ) ) ) From a04d18fd39d150da785c54dee5e6d63c2cbabac9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ayla Pearson Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2019 12:28:05 -0800 Subject: [PATCH 3/9] draft of milestone 3 --- docs/Milestone3 | 49 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 49 insertions(+) create mode 100644 docs/Milestone3 diff --git a/docs/Milestone3 b/docs/Milestone3 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0ec12d2 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/Milestone3 @@ -0,0 +1,49 @@ +# Milestone 3 + +### Reflection on the usefulness of the feedback you received + +The feedback session was very insightful and helpful in updating our app to be more user +friendly. Before going into the feedback session we knew there were some bugs +with our app but it was interesting to have people find things we didn't realize were issues. We were able +to use the feedback to improve our app visually and functionally. + +#### General Feedback** +The feedback for our app was very positive. People generally found our app intuitive +and easy to use. + + +##### Map Tab +With the Map tab a consistent piece of feedback we received was in regards to having +the single city drop down widget when it didn't change the map, this was a known +issue before the feedback session and was not surprising that users found this frustrating. +A piece of feedback that we received from several reviewers was that the year slide bar widget looked like a range and not a way to select a single year +which was something we did not expect users to say. This piece of feedback was very helpful as we realized our design wasn't as intuitive as +we had thought. We had a few suggestions to changes to the colour of our crime rate +circles on the map. Another piece of consistent feedback was regarding providing more +info about crime rate circles by adding more detail to the tool tip and to add a scale to the +circle size. We found users didn't know you could click on the circles to find out the city name. + +##### Single City +For the single city tab the main piece of feedback was about removing the widget that didn't change anything on the tab. +We got comments about our plot not displaying when the tab was first selected and several of our reviews commented on being confused about +the bars on our plot. + + + +### Reflection on how your project has changed since Milestone 2, and why + +Our app has become more functional and improved the overall design since Milestone 2. We felt the feedback was very helpful in shaping our app to be better. +We added an Help tab to contain information about the data set and to provide simple instructions on how to use the app. +We removed the widgets on each tab that didn't function, which meant removing the +select a city widget from the Map tab and we removed the year slider widget from the +single city tab. We tried to changed the style of the year slide bar since in our feedback session +several reviews thought it was displaying a range, but was not able to find a way to style it differently. We updated the Map tab +so when you hover over the city it display the values for the crime rates and the city names, which is much more intuitive then clicking. We did not change the +colour of the circles on the map but did make them more transparent so you can see overlapping data better. On the Single City tab we changed +the crime type from a dropdown widget to check-box widget to make the plot more interactive, we also hoping this will help solve +some of the confusion around the style we have chosen to display population. During the feedback session we received lots of feedback about +placing population on a separate plot but we did not wat to do this as we wanted population will the crime rates so the user +can easily see if the crime rates are changing due to changes in the population. We are hoping the new style of selecting population and now +the plot drawing it one will help to solve the confusion users had. We were surprised we +didn't receive more feedback on the table but we noticed people barely even noticed the table. So we made large changes to the table to make +it stand out more. We improved the overall design appeal of our app by adding a theme and increasing the font sizes. From f1646d6e54ae73ce20416c57dc4a1f3bae086779 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ayla Pearson Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2019 12:29:12 -0800 Subject: [PATCH 4/9] draft md --- docs/Milestone3.md | 49 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 49 insertions(+) create mode 100644 docs/Milestone3.md diff --git a/docs/Milestone3.md b/docs/Milestone3.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0ec12d2 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/Milestone3.md @@ -0,0 +1,49 @@ +# Milestone 3 + +### Reflection on the usefulness of the feedback you received + +The feedback session was very insightful and helpful in updating our app to be more user +friendly. Before going into the feedback session we knew there were some bugs +with our app but it was interesting to have people find things we didn't realize were issues. We were able +to use the feedback to improve our app visually and functionally. + +#### General Feedback** +The feedback for our app was very positive. People generally found our app intuitive +and easy to use. + + +##### Map Tab +With the Map tab a consistent piece of feedback we received was in regards to having +the single city drop down widget when it didn't change the map, this was a known +issue before the feedback session and was not surprising that users found this frustrating. +A piece of feedback that we received from several reviewers was that the year slide bar widget looked like a range and not a way to select a single year +which was something we did not expect users to say. This piece of feedback was very helpful as we realized our design wasn't as intuitive as +we had thought. We had a few suggestions to changes to the colour of our crime rate +circles on the map. Another piece of consistent feedback was regarding providing more +info about crime rate circles by adding more detail to the tool tip and to add a scale to the +circle size. We found users didn't know you could click on the circles to find out the city name. + +##### Single City +For the single city tab the main piece of feedback was about removing the widget that didn't change anything on the tab. +We got comments about our plot not displaying when the tab was first selected and several of our reviews commented on being confused about +the bars on our plot. + + + +### Reflection on how your project has changed since Milestone 2, and why + +Our app has become more functional and improved the overall design since Milestone 2. We felt the feedback was very helpful in shaping our app to be better. +We added an Help tab to contain information about the data set and to provide simple instructions on how to use the app. +We removed the widgets on each tab that didn't function, which meant removing the +select a city widget from the Map tab and we removed the year slider widget from the +single city tab. We tried to changed the style of the year slide bar since in our feedback session +several reviews thought it was displaying a range, but was not able to find a way to style it differently. We updated the Map tab +so when you hover over the city it display the values for the crime rates and the city names, which is much more intuitive then clicking. We did not change the +colour of the circles on the map but did make them more transparent so you can see overlapping data better. On the Single City tab we changed +the crime type from a dropdown widget to check-box widget to make the plot more interactive, we also hoping this will help solve +some of the confusion around the style we have chosen to display population. During the feedback session we received lots of feedback about +placing population on a separate plot but we did not wat to do this as we wanted population will the crime rates so the user +can easily see if the crime rates are changing due to changes in the population. We are hoping the new style of selecting population and now +the plot drawing it one will help to solve the confusion users had. We were surprised we +didn't receive more feedback on the table but we noticed people barely even noticed the table. So we made large changes to the table to make +it stand out more. We improved the overall design appeal of our app by adding a theme and increasing the font sizes. From e93294ce64116e2d0ad17a89e5c5cd2f2df55bdf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ayla Pearson Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2019 12:29:40 -0800 Subject: [PATCH 5/9] removing non md file --- docs/Milestone3 | 49 ------------------------------------------------- 1 file changed, 49 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 docs/Milestone3 diff --git a/docs/Milestone3 b/docs/Milestone3 deleted file mode 100644 index 0ec12d2..0000000 --- a/docs/Milestone3 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,49 +0,0 @@ -# Milestone 3 - -### Reflection on the usefulness of the feedback you received - -The feedback session was very insightful and helpful in updating our app to be more user -friendly. Before going into the feedback session we knew there were some bugs -with our app but it was interesting to have people find things we didn't realize were issues. We were able -to use the feedback to improve our app visually and functionally. - -#### General Feedback** -The feedback for our app was very positive. People generally found our app intuitive -and easy to use. - - -##### Map Tab -With the Map tab a consistent piece of feedback we received was in regards to having -the single city drop down widget when it didn't change the map, this was a known -issue before the feedback session and was not surprising that users found this frustrating. -A piece of feedback that we received from several reviewers was that the year slide bar widget looked like a range and not a way to select a single year -which was something we did not expect users to say. This piece of feedback was very helpful as we realized our design wasn't as intuitive as -we had thought. We had a few suggestions to changes to the colour of our crime rate -circles on the map. Another piece of consistent feedback was regarding providing more -info about crime rate circles by adding more detail to the tool tip and to add a scale to the -circle size. We found users didn't know you could click on the circles to find out the city name. - -##### Single City -For the single city tab the main piece of feedback was about removing the widget that didn't change anything on the tab. -We got comments about our plot not displaying when the tab was first selected and several of our reviews commented on being confused about -the bars on our plot. - - - -### Reflection on how your project has changed since Milestone 2, and why - -Our app has become more functional and improved the overall design since Milestone 2. We felt the feedback was very helpful in shaping our app to be better. -We added an Help tab to contain information about the data set and to provide simple instructions on how to use the app. -We removed the widgets on each tab that didn't function, which meant removing the -select a city widget from the Map tab and we removed the year slider widget from the -single city tab. We tried to changed the style of the year slide bar since in our feedback session -several reviews thought it was displaying a range, but was not able to find a way to style it differently. We updated the Map tab -so when you hover over the city it display the values for the crime rates and the city names, which is much more intuitive then clicking. We did not change the -colour of the circles on the map but did make them more transparent so you can see overlapping data better. On the Single City tab we changed -the crime type from a dropdown widget to check-box widget to make the plot more interactive, we also hoping this will help solve -some of the confusion around the style we have chosen to display population. During the feedback session we received lots of feedback about -placing population on a separate plot but we did not wat to do this as we wanted population will the crime rates so the user -can easily see if the crime rates are changing due to changes in the population. We are hoping the new style of selecting population and now -the plot drawing it one will help to solve the confusion users had. We were surprised we -didn't receive more feedback on the table but we noticed people barely even noticed the table. So we made large changes to the table to make -it stand out more. We improved the overall design appeal of our app by adding a theme and increasing the font sizes. From c7e591a469927b98e714e98abd4dba9f2e90df2b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ayla Pearson Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2019 12:34:19 -0800 Subject: [PATCH 6/9] wording edits --- docs/Milestone3.md | 21 ++++++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/Milestone3.md b/docs/Milestone3.md index 0ec12d2..9e69efe 100644 --- a/docs/Milestone3.md +++ b/docs/Milestone3.md @@ -4,28 +4,28 @@ The feedback session was very insightful and helpful in updating our app to be more user friendly. Before going into the feedback session we knew there were some bugs -with our app but it was interesting to have people find things we didn't realize were issues. We were able +with our app but it was interesting to have people find new issues. We were able to use the feedback to improve our app visually and functionally. -#### General Feedback** +#### General Feedback The feedback for our app was very positive. People generally found our app intuitive and easy to use. ##### Map Tab -With the Map tab a consistent piece of feedback we received was in regards to having -the single city drop down widget when it didn't change the map, this was a known +With the Map tab a consistent piece of feedback we received was having +the single city drop down widget present when it didn't change the map, this was a known issue before the feedback session and was not surprising that users found this frustrating. -A piece of feedback that we received from several reviewers was that the year slide bar widget looked like a range and not a way to select a single year +A piece of feedback that we received from several reviewers was the year slide bar widget looked like a range which was something we did not expect users to say. This piece of feedback was very helpful as we realized our design wasn't as intuitive as -we had thought. We had a few suggestions to changes to the colour of our crime rate -circles on the map. Another piece of consistent feedback was regarding providing more +we had thought. We had a few suggestions to changes to the style of our crime rate +circles on the map. Another piece of consistent feedback was providing more info about crime rate circles by adding more detail to the tool tip and to add a scale to the circle size. We found users didn't know you could click on the circles to find out the city name. ##### Single City For the single city tab the main piece of feedback was about removing the widget that didn't change anything on the tab. -We got comments about our plot not displaying when the tab was first selected and several of our reviews commented on being confused about +We received comments about our plot not displaying when the tab was first selected and several of our reviewers commented on being confused about the bars on our plot. @@ -34,12 +34,15 @@ the bars on our plot. Our app has become more functional and improved the overall design since Milestone 2. We felt the feedback was very helpful in shaping our app to be better. We added an Help tab to contain information about the data set and to provide simple instructions on how to use the app. + We removed the widgets on each tab that didn't function, which meant removing the select a city widget from the Map tab and we removed the year slider widget from the single city tab. We tried to changed the style of the year slide bar since in our feedback session several reviews thought it was displaying a range, but was not able to find a way to style it differently. We updated the Map tab so when you hover over the city it display the values for the crime rates and the city names, which is much more intuitive then clicking. We did not change the -colour of the circles on the map but did make them more transparent so you can see overlapping data better. On the Single City tab we changed +colour of the circles on the map but did make them more transparent so you can see overlapping data better. + +On the Single City tab we changed the crime type from a dropdown widget to check-box widget to make the plot more interactive, we also hoping this will help solve some of the confusion around the style we have chosen to display population. During the feedback session we received lots of feedback about placing population on a separate plot but we did not wat to do this as we wanted population will the crime rates so the user From 9222ef22e74fe3f1053748e399a1fe3f1638df79 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ayla Pearson Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2019 12:40:55 -0800 Subject: [PATCH 7/9] editing milestone 3 --- docs/Milestone3.md | 11 +++++------ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/Milestone3.md b/docs/Milestone3.md index 9e69efe..4fb29da 100644 --- a/docs/Milestone3.md +++ b/docs/Milestone3.md @@ -32,21 +32,20 @@ the bars on our plot. ### Reflection on how your project has changed since Milestone 2, and why -Our app has become more functional and improved the overall design since Milestone 2. We felt the feedback was very helpful in shaping our app to be better. +Our app has become more functional and visually appealing since Milestone 2. We felt the feedback was very helpful in shaping our app to be better. We added an Help tab to contain information about the data set and to provide simple instructions on how to use the app. We removed the widgets on each tab that didn't function, which meant removing the select a city widget from the Map tab and we removed the year slider widget from the single city tab. We tried to changed the style of the year slide bar since in our feedback session -several reviews thought it was displaying a range, but was not able to find a way to style it differently. We updated the Map tab +several reviews thought it was displaying a range, but we were not able to find a way to style it differently. We updated the Map tab so when you hover over the city it display the values for the crime rates and the city names, which is much more intuitive then clicking. We did not change the colour of the circles on the map but did make them more transparent so you can see overlapping data better. On the Single City tab we changed the crime type from a dropdown widget to check-box widget to make the plot more interactive, we also hoping this will help solve some of the confusion around the style we have chosen to display population. During the feedback session we received lots of feedback about -placing population on a separate plot but we did not wat to do this as we wanted population will the crime rates so the user -can easily see if the crime rates are changing due to changes in the population. We are hoping the new style of selecting population and now -the plot drawing it one will help to solve the confusion users had. We were surprised we -didn't receive more feedback on the table but we noticed people barely even noticed the table. So we made large changes to the table to make +placing population on a separate plot but we did not do this as we wanted population and the crime rates together so the user +can easily see if the crime rates are changing due to changes in the population. We are hoping the new style of selecting population and having it interactively drawn on the plot will help to solve the confusion users had. We were surprised we +didn't receive more feedback on the table but found people barely even noticed the table. So we made changed the table to make it stand out more. We improved the overall design appeal of our app by adding a theme and increasing the font sizes. From ffa0f4e2d95d1c4430b96670ad5936e1e6d97a3d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ayla Pearson Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2019 12:48:49 -0800 Subject: [PATCH 8/9] wording edits --- docs/Milestone3.md | 22 ++++++++++------------ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/Milestone3.md b/docs/Milestone3.md index 4fb29da..75f1e35 100644 --- a/docs/Milestone3.md +++ b/docs/Milestone3.md @@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ The feedback session was very insightful and helpful in updating our app to be more user friendly. Before going into the feedback session we knew there were some bugs with our app but it was interesting to have people find new issues. We were able -to use the feedback to improve our app visually and functionally. +to use the feedback session to improve our app visually and functionally. -#### General Feedback +##### General Feedback The feedback for our app was very positive. People generally found our app intuitive and easy to use. @@ -18,15 +18,15 @@ the single city drop down widget present when it didn't change the map, this was issue before the feedback session and was not surprising that users found this frustrating. A piece of feedback that we received from several reviewers was the year slide bar widget looked like a range which was something we did not expect users to say. This piece of feedback was very helpful as we realized our design wasn't as intuitive as -we had thought. We had a few suggestions to changes to the style of our crime rate +we had thought. We had a few suggestions to changes the style of our crime rate circles on the map. Another piece of consistent feedback was providing more info about crime rate circles by adding more detail to the tool tip and to add a scale to the circle size. We found users didn't know you could click on the circles to find out the city name. ##### Single City -For the single city tab the main piece of feedback was about removing the widget that didn't change anything on the tab. +For the Single City tab the main piece of feedback was about removing the widget that didn't change anything on the tab. We received comments about our plot not displaying when the tab was first selected and several of our reviewers commented on being confused about -the bars on our plot. +the bars on the plot. @@ -36,16 +36,14 @@ Our app has become more functional and visually appealing since Milestone 2. We We added an Help tab to contain information about the data set and to provide simple instructions on how to use the app. We removed the widgets on each tab that didn't function, which meant removing the -select a city widget from the Map tab and we removed the year slider widget from the -single city tab. We tried to changed the style of the year slide bar since in our feedback session +select a city widget from the Map tab. We tried to changed the style of the year slider since in our feedback session several reviews thought it was displaying a range, but we were not able to find a way to style it differently. We updated the Map tab -so when you hover over the city it display the values for the crime rates and the city names, which is much more intuitive then clicking. We did not change the -colour of the circles on the map but did make them more transparent so you can see overlapping data better. +so when you hover over the city it display the values for the crime rates and the city names, which is much more intuitive then clicking and gives the user an idea of the scale. We did change the style + of the circles on the map by making them more transparent so you can see overlapping data better. -On the Single City tab we changed -the crime type from a dropdown widget to check-box widget to make the plot more interactive, we also hoping this will help solve +On the Single City tab we removed the year slider widget and changed the crime type from a dropdown widget to check-box widget to make the plot more interactive, we are also hoping this will help solve some of the confusion around the style we have chosen to display population. During the feedback session we received lots of feedback about placing population on a separate plot but we did not do this as we wanted population and the crime rates together so the user can easily see if the crime rates are changing due to changes in the population. We are hoping the new style of selecting population and having it interactively drawn on the plot will help to solve the confusion users had. We were surprised we -didn't receive more feedback on the table but found people barely even noticed the table. So we made changed the table to make +didn't receive more feedback on the table but found people barely even noticed the table. So we made changes to make it stand out more. We improved the overall design appeal of our app by adding a theme and increasing the font sizes. From 638601d6806c8c9b08e33e0b4843490776831e1a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ayla Pearson Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2019 12:54:17 -0800 Subject: [PATCH 9/9] wording edits --- docs/Milestone3.md | 13 +++++++------ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/Milestone3.md b/docs/Milestone3.md index 75f1e35..45a1b97 100644 --- a/docs/Milestone3.md +++ b/docs/Milestone3.md @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ and easy to use. With the Map tab a consistent piece of feedback we received was having the single city drop down widget present when it didn't change the map, this was a known issue before the feedback session and was not surprising that users found this frustrating. -A piece of feedback that we received from several reviewers was the year slide bar widget looked like a range +A piece of feedback that we received from several reviewers was the year slider widget looked like a range which was something we did not expect users to say. This piece of feedback was very helpful as we realized our design wasn't as intuitive as we had thought. We had a few suggestions to changes the style of our crime rate circles on the map. Another piece of consistent feedback was providing more @@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ info about crime rate circles by adding more detail to the tool tip and to add a circle size. We found users didn't know you could click on the circles to find out the city name. ##### Single City -For the Single City tab the main piece of feedback was about removing the widget that didn't change anything on the tab. +For the Single City tab the main piece of feedback was about removing the widgets that didn't change anything on the tab. We received comments about our plot not displaying when the tab was first selected and several of our reviewers commented on being confused about -the bars on the plot. +what the bars on the plot were displaying. @@ -37,9 +37,10 @@ We added an Help tab to contain information about the data set and to provide si We removed the widgets on each tab that didn't function, which meant removing the select a city widget from the Map tab. We tried to changed the style of the year slider since in our feedback session -several reviews thought it was displaying a range, but we were not able to find a way to style it differently. We updated the Map tab -so when you hover over the city it display the values for the crime rates and the city names, which is much more intuitive then clicking and gives the user an idea of the scale. We did change the style - of the circles on the map by making them more transparent so you can see overlapping data better. +several reviewers thought it was displaying a range, but we were not able to find a way to style it differently. We updated the Map tab +so when you hover over the city it display the values for the crime rates and the city names, which is much more intuitive then clicking. We did change the style + of the circles on the map by making them more transparent so you can see overlapping data better. A big change to the Map tab was changing the crime rates from a drop down menu + to a checkbox where now the crime rates will add up as more are selected. On the Single City tab we removed the year slider widget and changed the crime type from a dropdown widget to check-box widget to make the plot more interactive, we are also hoping this will help solve some of the confusion around the style we have chosen to display population. During the feedback session we received lots of feedback about