INFO 526: Data Analysis & Visualization

Dr. Greg Chism

This page contains an outline of the topics, content, and assignments for the semester. Note that this schedule will be updated as the semester progresses and the timeline of topics and assignments might be updated throughout the semester.

Week Date Topic Video Prepare Due
1

Lec 0

Welcome + Introducing your Toolkit

πŸŽ₯

πŸ“š socviz - Chp 1
πŸŽ₯ Getting Started with Quarto
πŸŽ₯ Git + GitHub in RStudio




Lecs
1-2

Deep dive into ggplot2 layers I
Deep dive into ggplot2 layers II

πŸŽ₯

πŸ“š ggplot2-book - Chp 13
πŸ“š ggplot2-book - Chp 14
πŸ“š ggplot2-book - Chp 15
πŸ“š ggplot2-book - Chp 16
πŸ“š ggplot2-book - Chp 17




Project

Final Project Introduction

πŸŽ₯




Fri, May 17



πŸ“ HW 0
βœ… RQ 1

2

Lecs
3-5

Data Wrangling I
Data Wrangling II
Data Wrangling III

πŸŽ₯

πŸ“š R4DS - Chp 6
πŸ“š R4DS - Chp 19
πŸ“š R4DS - Chp 20
πŸ“š ggplot2-book - Chp 5
πŸ“š ISLR - Chp 13.1 - 13.4



Fri, May 24



πŸ“ HW 1
βœ… RQ 2

3

Lecs
6-7

Visualizing time series data I
Visualizing time series data II

πŸŽ₯

πŸ“š fdv - Chp 13
πŸ“š fdv - Chp 14




Lec 8

Themes + Axes + Annotation

πŸŽ₯

πŸŽ₯ Reporting and visualising the pandemic by John Burn-Murdoch
πŸŽ₯ Always look on the bright side of plots by Kara Woo



Wed, May 29

Peer review

Project Proposal Peer Review

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πŸ“‘ Project proposals for peer review


Fri, May 31



πŸ“ HW 2
βœ… RQ 3

4 Mon, Jun 3



πŸ“‘ Project proposals for instructor review



Lec 9

Presentation ready plots

πŸŽ₯

πŸ“š fdv - Chp 29




Lec 10

Data visualization accessibility

πŸŽ₯

πŸ“ƒ The Right Tools for the Job by Frank Elavsky
πŸ“ƒ Writing Alt Text to Communicate the Meaning in Data Visualizations by Elizabeth Hare
πŸ“š fdv - Chp 19
πŸ“š fdv - Chp 4




Lec 11

Du Bois visualizations

πŸŽ₯

πŸ“ƒ Six part series on W.E.B. Du Bois’ legacy




Lec 12

Visualizing Uncertainty

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πŸ“š fdv - Chp 10
πŸ“š fdv - Chp 11
πŸ“š fdv - Chp 16
πŸ“ƒ Uncertainty Visualization



Fri, Jun 7



πŸ“ HW 3
βœ… RQ 4

5

Lec 13-14

Visualizing geospatial data I
Visualizing geospatial data II

πŸŽ₯

πŸ“š fdv - Chp 15
πŸ“ƒ sf vgnette 1 + πŸ“ƒ sf vgnette 2 +
πŸ“ƒ sf vgnette 3 + πŸ“ƒ sf vgnette 4 +
πŸ“ƒ sf vgnette 5




Lec 15

Interactive visualizations + reporting with Shiny

πŸŽ₯

πŸ“š ms - Chp 1
πŸ“š ms - Chp 2
πŸ“š ms - Chp 3
πŸ“š ms - Chp 7



Fri, Jun 14



πŸ“ HW 4

6

Lec 16

Dashboards

πŸŽ₯

πŸ“ƒ What is a Dashboard
πŸ“ƒ What makes a great Dashboard
πŸ“ƒ Dashboard Design Process
πŸ“ƒ Quarto Dashboards
πŸ“ˆ Labor + Delivery Dashboard




Lec 17

Tables

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πŸ“ƒ 10 Guidelines for Better Tables
πŸ“ƒ 10+ Guidelines for Better Tables in R



Fri, Jun 21

Lec 18

Animation

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πŸ“ƒ gganimate vignette

πŸ“ HW 5
βœ… RQ 5

7 Mon, Jun 24

Project presentations



πŸ“‘ Final Project