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State pages: Clarify types of jobs data #1462

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coreycaitlin opened this issue Jun 6, 2016 · 13 comments
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State pages: Clarify types of jobs data #1462

coreycaitlin opened this issue Jun 6, 2016 · 13 comments

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@coreycaitlin
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coreycaitlin commented Jun 6, 2016

On the state pages, we need to make sure the jobs data is clear and accurate, and the distinction between self-employment and full-time jobs is clear to users. It's currently a little unclear whether we're combining them or not, so this may take a little teasing out.

Current dev version on state-pages:
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  • Currently pulling Wage & Salary
  • We have county-level data for Wage & Salary
  • We don't have county-level data for Self-Employed

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coreycaitlin commented Jun 24, 2016

Next steps:

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Here's a crack at the design, please lmk your thoughts @coreycaitlin @meiqimichelle @gemfarmer @shawnbot.

I've evolved the side-by-side chart design pioneered in issue #1492, so if this design is deemed Worthy, it should be applied there, too.

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  • Moved the year selector to the left, to make it easier to find, and to further reinforce that it impacts everything in that section
  • Used "Show table" for the county details button label, since its literally what will be revealed
  • The self-employment chart is a bit of a widow, hanging down there on its own, but i put it there to keep it clearly separated from the wage and salary material
  • In the table, i didn't show a bar chart for percentages. Can see about fitting it in, if need be, but it felt busy to me

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@ericronne Oooh, I really like the selector to the left of the sentence! It just keeps getting clearer. I like the "show table" label, and agree that YOY percentages for the statewide number is too much.

Once you take a look at the language I drafted up, let me know what you think — it might help make the self-employment chart a bit less orphaned. I can also edit it down a tad, I think.

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Sweet, thx @coreycaitlin! I'll take a look at the text and integrate with the layouts...

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@coreycaitlin can we do a hangout to discuss this text? @meiqimichelle welcome too, natch
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Until then @coreycaitlin @meiqimichelle, here's some food for thought!

This design ...

  • Puts the wage/sal and self-empl definitions into the glossary
  • Adds the self-employment tally to the summary sentence (which updates to match the selected year)
  • Boldfaces the year in that summary sentence

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@ericronne I'll ping you when I'm free!

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We talked about this, and hatched a possible solution: flattening the organization a bit so we don't have to deal with quite so many laters of hierarchy. The sub-nav within Economic impact would then be:

  • GDP
  • Wage and salary jobs
  • Self-employment
  • Exports

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Revised layout, accordingly...

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meiqimichelle commented Jul 1, 2016

This is ready for implementation but is blocked by the issue to pull in self-employment data (#1528).

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And here's the expanded chart in the context of the revised design.

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ericronne commented Jul 1, 2016

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