DOCUMENT ANALYSIS ACTIVITY

Analyzing A Graphic

This diagram is from a government report. The questions below ask you to think about diagrams, as discussed in “Choosing the Appropriate Type of Graphic.”

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Source: Defense Intelligence Agency, 2003: www.dia.mil/thisisdia/DIA_Workforce_of_the_Future.pdf.
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Question 8.1

1. This design resembles a pie chart, but it does not have the same function as a pie chart. What message does this design communicate? Is it effective?

Question 8.2

2. Do the colors communicate any information, or are they merely decorative? If you think they are decorative, would you revise the design to change them in any way?

Question 8.3

3. What does the phrase “Future Environment,” above the graphic, mean? Is it meant to refer only to the “Technology” and “Process” shapes?

Question 8.4

4. Is the explanation below the graphic clear? Would you change it in any way?

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