Weekly Question #3: Complete by February 8, 2017
Leave your response as a comment on this post by the beginning of class on February 9, 2017. Remember, it only needs to be three or four sentences. For these weekly questions, I’m mainly interested in your opinions, not so much particular “facts” from the class!
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In class, we reviewed several types of visualizations: . Using the internet, find an example of a visualization. Attach a link to the chart, define the type [Scatterplot Matrices, Parallel Coordinates, Mosaic Plots, Small Multiples / Trellis Displays, Time Series, Maps] and provide a couple of sentences explaining the key message the chart is trying to convey.
Open Data Examples
In class we talked about a few examples of open data. Here are some others:
- Business: data.gov’s “Impact” section
- Science: The Genomes Unzipped project
- Government: New York City parking violations
- Journalism: Swarmize
In-Class Exercise 3.1: Trusting Data
Here is the exercise
In-Class Exercise 2.2: Finding Sources of Data
Here is the exercise.
Reading Quiz #2: Complete by January 30, 2017
Some quick instructions:
- You must complete the quiz by the start of class on January 31, 2017. The quiz is based on the readings for the whole week.
- When you click on the link, you may see a Google sign in screen. Use your AccessNet ID and password to sign in. It will then take you to the quiz.
If it says you don’t have access, make sure you’re signed out of your regular Gmail (non-TUMail) account! - You can only do the quiz once. If you submit multiple times, I’ll only use the first (oldest) one.
- This is “open book” – you can use the articles to answer the questions – but do not get help from anyone else.
Ready? Take the quiz by clicking this link.
Weekly Question #2: Complete by February 1, 2017
Leave your response as a comment on this post by the beginning of class on February 2, 2017. Remember, it only needs to be three or four sentences. For these weekly questions, I’m mainly interested in your opinions, not so much particular “facts” from the class!
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Here is the question (well, it’s not really a question):
Find a online article dated within last two weeks from a credible source that has something to do with data. It can be about the role of data or an interesting data-driven analysis. It should also be relevant to your major and of interest to you. Copy and paste the URL directly into your response followed by a few sentences that explain what is interesting about it.
You can use any of the sources under the “Great Data Sites” menu on the right sidebar of this page, or you can use any online news or magazine site.
12 keyword research tools and creative ways to use them
Click below to view the article
In-Class Exercise 2.1: Creating a Data Dictionary
Here is the exercise.
And here is the spreadsheet you’ll need [In-Class Exercise 2.1 – 2015 Car Fuel Econ [Start]]
Assignment #1: Creating a Data Analysis Plan
Here are the instructions in word (and as a PDF). Make sure you read them carefully!
In-Class Exercise 1.2: Developing Hypotheses
Here is the exercise