Lawrence Dignan
Weekly Question #5: Complete by March 12, 2018
Leave your response as a comment on this post by the beginning of class on March 12. 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!
Here is the question:
Just like you did about a month ago, find another online article dated within last two weeks from a credible source that has something to do with data and is interesting and relevant to you. Copy and paste the URL directly into your response followed by a few sentences that explain what is interesting about it.
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.
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).
Weekly Question #4: Complete by Feb 19
Leave your response as a comment on this post by the beginning of class on Feb. 19, 2018. 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!
Here is the question:
Take a look at the Hoven article from this week (“Stephen Few on Data Visualization: 8 Core Principles”). Which one of the eight principles do you think is most important? Why?
Reading Quiz #4: Complete by Feb. 19
Some quick instructions:
- You must complete the quiz by the start of class on Feb. 19, 2018.
- 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.
Readings for week 5 (infographics 101)
Assignment 2: Analyze a Data Set Using Tableau: Feb. 16
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]. There is a deliverable sheet that needs to be emailed to me by Friday 2/16 at 3 p.m.
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.
Remember to leave a comment on this post with the link to your graphic for our discussion.
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.
Weekly Question #3: Complete by Feb. 12
Leave your response as a comment on this post by the beginning of class on Feb. 12, 2018. 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!
If you sign in using your AccessNet ID and password you won’t have to fill in the name, email and captcha fields when you leave your comment.
In your opinion, what industries do you see as most affected by data science? Or better yet what industries do you see has most likely to be disrupted by big data/data science/analytics? How do you see data science affecting your career? Relate your observation to the class material if you can and what I outlined for media.