Team Reflection - Understanding Suicide Rates App

Note: This reflection was originally submitted as part of Milestone 3, but has been updated to include feedback received with Milestone 3.

What It Does Well

Our app answers 2 research questions in an organized and easy-to-follow fashion. It also allows for interactivity, and the tooltips display individual numerical values.
The visualizations are separated into 3 tabs, allowing for better organization.
There is a clear overall purpose and general instructions for the app listed at the top. There are also step-by-step instructions for each plot which guide the user through a narrative.
The Worldwide Overview tab includes a world map, where the user can get an idea of what countries/regions they may be interested in, and then further explore those locations in the next 2 tabs.
The ‘Worldwide Average’ dashed line in Tab 1 allows the user to visually compare how the suicide rates for the selected region/country/demographic groups compare to the worldwide average.
The app follows a consistent aesthetic/colour theme, which reinforces that the different tabs of our app tie in with each other.

You have to provide a teamwork contract for project 2 and put a link to it in the README.

When doing a pull request try to summarize the tasks that you changed in the pull request description.

Response: We received this feedback on Thursday evening; pull requests made after this feedback was received will include more detailed summary descriptions.

It is a good idea to provide a sketch for the DashR app.

Response: As discussed with Firas and Hossam, we included screenshots that match the layout and format of our app. As a result, did not change this part of our milestone.

It is always a good idea to provide a good and concise description of your app at the beginning of the app page.

Response: We had included this in our app (see above response; our sketches/screenshots are the same as our app).

The colour gradient might not be discrete enough for specific year ranges (large differences in suicide rates do not appear as significant changes in colour).
Some countries are missing data, and as a result, appear white.

There are missing data for specific demographics and years for some countries, so if a user selects these location/demographic/time combinations, the charts may look as though only parts of the plots have been updated, which can cause confusion.

If the user does not open the graph in a full-screen window, the year range slider does not change in size, and as a result, appears squished.
There is no option to “select all” demographic groups with one click; if the user wants to see all groups, they need to manually check each box.