county health rankings user’s guide atlanta regional commission for more information contact:...

County Health RankingsUser’s Guide

Atlanta Regional CommissionFor more information contact:

mcarnathan@atlantaregional.com

You will see this site:

Legend

ScatterPlot

Map

THE LEGEND:Controlling Variables, Color and Appearance of the Map

Navigating the Legend

The Legend controls the map display.

Variable Selector

Click here to change the variable being displayed.

Variable Selector

The column on the left lists all the categories to choose from, including crime, health factors, and income.

Variable Selector

The column on the right lists the specific variables, including population age 25 or older, death rate, or types of illnesses.

THE MAP:Selecting and

Presenting Data

Map Basics

The scale bar allows you to zoom in or out.

The hand tool allows you to pan and drag the map to your desired picture.

The arrow tool allows you to select specific counties or groups of counties.

Selecting on the Map

Using the arrow tool, click and drag to highlight specific counties.

THE SCATTER PLOT:Graphically Presenting

Data

Know Your Scatter PlotThe Scatter Plot is a useful representation of the data portrayed on the map.

It consists of an X- and Y- axis, with each dot representing a county on the map.

The “line of best fit,” or slope, illustrates the relationship between the two variables.

Slope=11.9 means thatwith 1 pt increase in x, there is an 11.9 pt increase in y.

The intercept represents the value of Y when X=0.

Selecting on the Scatter Plot

Much like clicking and dragging on the legend, you can click and drag on the scatter plot to select specific counties.

Customize Your Scatter Plot

Double-click on the variable names to access the attribute selector. This will allow you to change the X- and Y-axis variables.

Customize Your Scatter Plot

Just like the Data Table, you can choose variable categories on the left column and specific variables on the right.

DATA TABLE:Enhancing the Data’s

Effectiveness

Data Table

This icon at the bottom of the page is housing the Data Table. This is another useful tool for data selection.

Data Table

This table lists all 159 counties. You can highlight individual or multiple counties by using +Shift or +Ctrl.

Customize Your Scatter Plot

Click here to add more columns full of data.

Customize Your Scatter Plot

The Open selector button will allow you to access the list of variable categories to add to the chart. Select the categories you wish to display.

Customize Your Scatter Plot

The data table is now populated with the desired values. You can sort highest to lowest by clicking on the top headers.

ENJOY!

Atlanta Regional CommissionFor more information contact:

mcarnathan@atlantaregional.com