Principles of Data Compilation

When the research team compiled data for the History Timeline, they assigned appropriate themes (out of ten predefined themes) to the events with a view to assisting users better understand the nature of each event. The research team also associated interviewees with events to reveal their participation as indicated in their interview transcripts. The following four graphs give an in-depth analysis of the data set.



Relationship between Interviewees and Event Themes

This graph shows three important pieces of information of the data set:

  • The number of times each event theme appeared (by placing the mouse over a theme)
  • The number of times each interviewee has mentioned an event which implies his/her participation (by placing the mouse over an interviewee)
  • The relationship between event themes and interviewees (by placing the mouse over a line)

Relationship between Organizations and Themes

Each event was organized by one or more organizations. The radar chart shows what themes of events each organization has held and their corresponding frequencies. Users can find respective information by placing the mouse over an organization name. From this chart, focuses of each organization between 1970 and 1997 can be easily identified.

Relationship between Interviewees

This graph indicates whether an interviewee has participated in events with other interviewees. The thicker the line, the higher frequency two interviewees met in events.

Major Messages Delivered by Interviewees

The word cloud indicates the most frequently mentioned terms in interview transcripts across all interviewees. The bigger the term, the more frequently it was mentioned. Because all interviews were conducted in Cantonese, only Chinese version of the word cloud is available. The following is a translated version in descending order for the reference of English speaking users:

  • Church   教會
  • Hong Kong   香港
  • Christ   基督
  • Work   工作
  • Society   社會
  • University   大學
  • Secondary School   中學
  • Involvement   參與
  • Religious belief   信仰
  • Student   學生
  • Impact    影響
  • School   學校
  • Memorizing   記得
  • Fellowship   團契
  • Time   時間
  • Question   問題
  • Know   認識
  • China   中國
  • Pastor   牧師
  • Together   一起
  • Impression   印象
  • Theology   神學
  • Experience   經歷
  • Like   喜歡
  • Leave   離開
  • Primary School   小學
  • Study   讀書
  • Father   父親
  • Activity    活動
  • Politics   政治
  • Mother   母親
  • Education   教育
  • Young   年輕
  • Participate   參加
  • Parents   父母
  • Friend   朋友
  • Graduation   畢業
  • Family   家庭
  • Discussion   討論
  • Movement   運動
  • stylemate   同學
  • Teacher   老師
  • Religion   宗教
  • Sharing   分享
  • Reflection   思考
  • Community   社區
  • Care   關心
  • Growth   成長
  • Gospel   福音
  • Need   需要