MURDER WEAPONS USED IN AMERICA

Camille Kennedy

Amanda Lidis

Lauren Tesolin

How we visualized our Data.0A conventional bar graph is used to show the retrieved data

clearly ;0A classic outline of a murdered body with different murder

weapons inside to represent the number and percentage of murder victims;

0Comparing 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?0A clear connection between the use of the different

weapons;0We chose to make this information visible in order to

highlight the difference between murder weapons used when firearms are legalized.

0Comparing statistics between the different types of murder weapons used we noted that the most common by far was the firearm;

0The 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?

0From the Internet, through a website called www.infoplace.com;

0Statistics from the Federal Bureau of Investigation for the American data.

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.

Raw Results of Research

Conventional Visualization: Bar Graph TO THIS…

Firearms Knife or Sharp Object Strangulation Blunt Objects Arson0

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Percentage of Deaths

Percentage of Deaths

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%