Overview
This week we start working on visualization. We'll start out focusing on some theory.
Assignments Due Today
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Continue building your prototype from class. At some point, post it on the publicly facing internet. You might try github pages for this.
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Read Chapter 5: Visualizing with Clarity of Data Points: Visualization That Means Something
Class Activities
What Makes a Good Visualization? (~10 minutes)
We see inforgraphics and data visualizations everywhere around us. As a group, discuss what are some attributes or principles of good data visualizations.
Principles of Data Visualization (~25 minutes)
An introduction to some of the basic principles of data visualization
Critique Some Visualizations (~20 minutes)
In your groups, critique some of the following visualizations. What is good about each? What is bad about each? What visual cues are they using to show data?
Visualization Techniques Based on Data Type (~45 minutes)
Each group will get a type of data assigned to them (i.e. networks, time series, categorical, etc). Identify some examples of datasets that represent this type of data. Then, identify as many types of visualizations as you can for this type of data.
Assignments Due Next Week
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Read Chapter 3: Representing Data of Data Points: Visualization That Means Something