Reading Quiz #5: Complete by February 28, 2017
Some quick instructions:
- You must complete the quiz by the start of class on February 28, 2017.
- 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.
Study Guide for Exam 1
Here is the study guide for the first midterm exam.
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 February 16, 2017
Leave your response as a comment on this post by the beginning of class on February 16, 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!
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?
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.
Reading Quiz #4: Complete by February 14, 2017
Some quick instructions:
- You must complete the quiz by the start of class on February 14, 2017.
- 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.
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.
Assignment 2: Analyze a Data Set Using Tableau
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].
Weekly Question #3: Complete by February 9, 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!
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 was the most important takeaway from Brian Long’s talk on Thursday? What did you learn about the way big data is used by mobile advertising companies? Relate your observation to the class material if you can. If you did not attend class you cannot answer this question and this will be the question that you can miss without penalty.