Week 12: SAT Scores Final Project

Attached is the figure (including caption) that I generated mindful of an general readership audience of a typical newspaper. This figure would prevent a standard black-and-white printing because of the critical need for color, however, this figure offers a suitable color scheme for a standard three-color press. I had to download a shapefile from the U.S. Geological Survey because the one that the class used for the Chloropleth Map assignment did not have any georeferencing (i.e. when I tried to insert a legend, it indicated that the country was approximately 2 miles long and the shapefile would not accept a new coordinate system). Further details about this figure will be submitted directly for review.



Here is my proposed caption because the one on my map is more than 50 words:
The one on the map is probably more suited to a magazine...my choice would be the Weekly Standard. :)

CAPTION:
National average SAT scores are compared among states by bar graphs that show deviation of each state from the average. Positive bars indicate state performance surpassing the average while negative bars indicate poorer performance. State participation rates (green shading) are lower in the mid-west where ACT exams predominate.