Fifa World Cup Champions Data Visualization

In this week’s blog we will take a look into a word cloud that shows the number of times a country has won the Fifa World cup.

Fifa World cup Champions

Word cloud for number of times a country has won the world cup

In the above word cloud, the size of the words represent the number of times a country has won the world cup. The bigger the word, the more times the country has become world cup champions. The word with the biggest size is Brazil which is due to them winning world cup total of five times. Spain and England are the smallest size because they won the world cup only one time. The word cloud is a very simple data visualization and does not require huge background knowledge to interpret the data from the visualization. This is one of the benefit as this type of data visualization can be shown to broad range of audience. There were several principles of multimedia learning used for this word cloud to simplify and engage the learners. The first one is the coherence principle which states that people learn better when extraneous materials are excluded rather than included. The visualization is very simple and avoids learners to over load their memory with unnecessary information and focus only on the main topic. Secondly, the embodiment principle is used here which states that people do not necessarily learn better when speaker’s image on the screen. The visualization avoids any image of the presenter and try to keep it clean as possible without cluttering the presentation.

Finally, this type of data visualization is a form of passive learning as it doesn’t require learners to be hands-on with the activity.

Reference

FIFA Men’s World Cup History: World Cup Winners, Hosts, Stats. (2018, July 15). Retrieved March 29, 2021, from https://www.foxsports.com/soccer/fifa-world-cup/history