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	Prepare	Due
1	Mon, Aug 26	Lec 0	Welcome	🎥 Start Here
	Wed, Aug 28	Lec 0.5	Introducing your Toolkit	📚 socviz - Chp 1 🎥 Getting Started with Quarto 🎥 Git + GitHub in RStudio
2	Mon, Sep 2	No Class	Labor Day		📝 HW 0
	Wed, Sep 4	Lec 1	Deep dive into ggplot2 layers I	📚 ggplot2-book - Chp 13 📚 ggplot2-book - Chp 14	✅ RQ 1
3	Mon, Sep 9	Lec 2	Deep dive into ggplot2 layers II	📚 ggplot2-book - Chp 15 📚 ggplot2-book - Chp 16 📚 ggplot2-book - Chp 17
	Wed, Sep 11	Lec 3	Data wrangling I	📚 R4DS - Chp 6
	Fri, Sep 13				📝 HW 1
4	Mon, Sep 16	Lec 4	Data wrangling II	📚 R4DS - Chp 19
	Wed, Sep 18	Lec 5	Visualizing densities	📚 ggplot2-book - Chp 5 📚 ISLR - Chp 13.1 - 13.4
5	Mon, Sep 23	Lec 6	Data wrangling III	📚 R4DS - Chp 20
	Wed, Sep 25	Lec 7	Visualizing time series data I	📚 fdv - Chp 13	✅ RQ 2
6	Mon, Sep 30	Lec 8	Working Collaboratively		📑 Project milestone 1 @ 5pm
	Wed, Oct 2	Lec 9	Visualizing time series data II	📚 fdv - Chp 14
7	Mon, Oct 7		Lab: Work on hw-01 regrade
	Wed, Oct 9	Lec 10	Themes + Axes + Annotation	🎥 Reporting and visualising the pandemic by John Burn-Murdoch 🎥 Always look on the bright side of plots by Kara Woo	📝 HW 1 Regrade ✅ RQ 3
8	Mon, Oct 14	Lec 11	Data visualization accessibility	📃 The Right Tools for the Job by Frank Elavsky 📃 Writing Alt Text to Communicate the Meaning in Data Visualizations by Elizabeth Hare 📃 Choosing Colors for Race, Ethnicity, World Region 📚 fdv - Chp 19 📚 fdv - Chp 4
	Wed, Oct 16	Lec 12	Interactive visualizations + reporting with Shiny I	🎥 Recording 📚 ms - Chp 1 📚 ms - Chp 2	📑 Project milestone 2 @ 5pm
9	Mon, Oct 21	Lec 13	Interactive visualizations + reporting with Shiny II	📚 ms - Chp 3 📚 ms - Chp 7
	Wed, Oct 23	Lec 14	Dashboards I	📃 What is a Dashboard 📃 What makes a great Dashboard 📃 Dashboard Design Process 📃 Quarto Dashboards	📝 HW 2
10	Mon, Oct 28	Lec 15	Dashboards II	📈 Labor + Delivery Dashboard
	Wed, Oct 30	Lec 16	Presentation ready plots	📚 fdv - Chp 29
11	Mon, Nov 4	Lec 17	Du Bois visualizations	📃 Six part series on W.E.B. Du Bois’ legacy
	Wed, Nov 6	Lec 18	Visualizing Uncertainty Uncertainty in Election Polls	🎥 Recording 📚 fdv - Chp 10 📚 fdv - Chp 11 📚 fdv - Chp 16 📃 Uncertainty Visualization
12	Mon, Nov 11	No Class	Veterans Day 🫡
	Wed, Nov 13	Peer review	Project peer review		📑 Project milestone 3 @ 5pm
13	Mon, Nov 18	Lec 19	Visualizing geospatial data I	📚 fdv - Chp 15
	Wed, Nov 20	Lec 20	Visualizing geospatial data II	🎥 Recording 🎥 Live-coding 📃 sf vgnette 1 + 📃 sf vgnette 2 + 📃 sf vgnette 3 + 📃 sf vgnette 4 + 📃 sf vgnette 5
	Fri, Nov 22				📝 HW 3
14	Mon, Nov 25	No Class	Happy Thanksgiving 🦃
	Wed, Nov 27	No Class	Happy Thanksgiving 🦃
15	Mon, Dec 2	Lec 21	Animation	📃 gganimate vignette
	Wed, Dec 4	Lec 22	Tables	📃 Jon Schwabish - Ten Guidelines for Better Tables 📃 Tom Mock - 10+ Guidelines for Better Tables in R
16	Mon, Dec 9	Lec 23	Generative art		📝 HW 4 ✅ RQ 4
	Wed, Dec 11	No Class	Prepare for Final Presentations
Finals	Fri, Dec 13	Final	Project presentations @ 1:00 - 3:00pm		📑 project presentations 📑 project write-up due @ 5pm