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Exam 1 Review
Here is the Exam1 Review.
Reading Quiz #5: Complete by October 8
Some quick instructions:
- You must complete the quiz by the start of class on October 8.
- 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.
EXTRA CREDIT OPPORTUNITY—In-Class Exercise 5.2: Creating Infographics
Here is the exercise.
And here is the graphic file you’ll need: Philadelphia Area Obesity Rates.png
Right-click on the file and save it to your computer.
Upload your completed infographic on Canvas by Monday, Oct1 before class to receive extra credit.
In-Class Exercise 5.1: Telling a Story Through Visualization
Here is the exercise.
Before you start, save this Tableau file and the studentloans2013 Excel workbook to your computer. Remember, to save the file right-click on the link and choose “Save As…” (don’t just left-click on the link).
Study Guide for Exam 1
Here is the study guide for the first midterm exam.
Couple of items of your attention:
Exam info:
- Day: October 3, Wednesday
- Time: Between 4:00 and 4:50pm
- Location: Alter 232
- Closed-book and notes. No computers.
We will hold an exam review session:
- Day: October 1, Monday
- Time: Between 4:00 and 4:50pm
- Location: Alter 232
Suggested study approach:
- Review the Study Guide first, then:
- Start with the slides
- Look at the major concepts
- Where a slide is associated with a reading, review the reading that covers the major concept
- Understand how the reading is associated with the slides, and the reading’s key concept
- Then look at the quizzes
- Review the questions and answers to the quizzes
- Understand where all the answers came from, review those readings
- Then review the in-Class Exercises
- If we did it in an exercise, it’s probably important
- Focus on topics we emphasized in the Exercises
- Then, review your Assignments.
- Lastly, re-read any readings you didn’t review in the prior study steps.
Assignment 1: Analyze a Data Set Using Tableau-DUE OCTOBER 1
Here is the assignment.
Here is the worksheet as a Word document to make it easy to fill in and submit (along with your Tableau file).
And here is the data file you will need to complete the assignment [In-Class Exercise 2.1 – 2015 Car Fuel Econ [Start].xlsx].
In-Class Exercise 4.2: Getting Familiar with Tableau
Here is the exercise.
And here is the spreadsheet you’ll need to complete the exercise [In-Class Exercise 4.2 – FoodAtlas.xlsx].
Make sure you right-click on the Excel file link and select “Save [Link] As…” to save it to your computer before starting the exercise.
In-Class Exercise 4.1: Finding Good and Bad Visualizations
Here is the exercise
Here are the links in case you cannot click from the document.
Reading Quiz #4: Complete by September 24
Some quick instructions:
- You must complete the quiz by the start of class on September 24. The quiz is based on the readings for the whole week.
- Please use the link below to the Canvas to take the quiz.
- 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 login to Canvas clicking this link.
Tableau
If you still need the Tableau key please email me ASAP.