#datanerd look at Chitosan Flocculant Sock Trials

Results

Check out these results! Data visualization is all about telling the story in the numbers. We're looking here at decline in turbidity in water samples. One sample (orange line) was a control, the other (blue line) was filtered through a chitosan flocculant sock (if you've just said "Whaaaaat?" read the previous blog post or rewind our social feeds to catch the methods mini series). Turbidity declines with application of the chitosan floc-sock, hooray for cleaner water and nature-based solutions!

Data Visualization

Check out the three figures here. They're showing the exact same data! The linear data shows each sample plotted against the measured NTU (a unit of turbidity, or the Nephelometric Turbidity Unit if you want to get really fancy). This shows the *amount* of change in turbidity, but doesn't really visualize the story - it's kind of hard to see the rate of change here. The two log scale plots show the *rate* of change between samples with different starting points (0 and 50 on the Y-axis). Whoa! Now the decline in turbidity (NTU) with samples measured through the flocculant sock really pops!

Your Thoughts!

Which data visualization do you like best? Contact us if you want to see data science content featured more often! We'll get back to you as soon as we've gotten our muddy shoes put away, and we appreciate your patience with replies from the field!