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 23



πŸ“ HW 0
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 30



βœ… RQ 1
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, Jun 4 Peer review Project Proposal Peer Review πŸŽ₯


Fri, Jun 6



πŸ“ HW 1
βœ… RQ 2
4 Mon, Jun 9 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 πŸŽ₯ πŸ“š fdv - Chp 10
πŸ“š fdv - Chp 11
πŸ“š fdv - Chp 16
πŸ“ƒ Uncertainty Visualization


Fri, Jun 13



πŸ“ HW 2
βœ… RQ 3
5 Mon, Jun 16 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
πŸ“‘ Project Peer-Review Due

Wed, Jun 18 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
πŸ“‘ Project proposals for instructor review

Fri, Jun 20



βœ… RQ 4
6 Mon, Jun 23 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


Wed, Jun 25 Lec 17 Tables πŸŽ₯ πŸ“ƒ 10 Guidelines for Better Tables
πŸ“ƒ 10+ Guidelines for Better Tables in R
πŸ“ HW 3

Fri, Jun 27 Lec 18 Animation πŸŽ₯ πŸ“ƒ gganimate vignette πŸ“ ds-experience due
7 Mon, Jun 30
Project presentations



Wed, Jul 2



πŸ“ HW 4
πŸ“‘ Final Project Due