| DAY | TOPIC | IN-CLASS EXERCISE | DUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8/24 | 1.1 Introduction | 1.1 Data is Everywhere! | |
| 8/26 | 1.2 Science and Data Science | 1.2 Developing Hypotheses | 1.2 Readings |
| 8/31 | 2.1 A Brief Introduction to Data | 2.1 Building a Data Dictionary | Quiz 1 |
| 9/2 | 2.2 Identifying Sources of Data | 2.2 Finding Sources of Data | |
| 9/7* | 3.1 Learning to (Mis)trust Data | Quiz 2 | |
| 9/9 | 4.1 Viewing Data | 4.1 Finding Good and Bad Visualizations | 4.1 Readings |
| 9/14 | 4.2 Introduction to Tableau | 4.2 Getting Familiar with Tableau | Quiz 3 (based on 5.1 readings) |
| 9/16 | 5.1 Communicating Using Data | 5.1 Telling Stories Through Visualizations | 5.1 & 5.2 Readings (5.2 readings are for quiz 4 next week) |
| 9/21 | 5.2 Storytelling with Infographics | 5.2 Creating Infographics | Quiz 4 (based on 5.2 readings)
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| 9/23 | Guest Speaker | Assignment 1: Tableau | |
| 9/28 | 6.1 Exam Review | ||
| 9/30 | 6.2 EXAM 1 | ||
| 10/5 | 7.1 Dirty Data | 7.1 How Data Gets Dirty | Quiz 5 |
| 10/7 | 7.2 Data Cleansing | 7.2 Finding Bad Data in Excel | |
| 10/12 | 8.1 Choosing Relevant Data | 8.1 Identifying KPIs | Quiz 6 |
| 10/14 | 8.2 Evaluating Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) | 8.2 Visualizing KPIs | |
| 10/19 | 9.1 Connecting Diverse Data | 9.1 Connecting Diverse Data | Quiz 7 & Assignment 2: Excel |
| 10/21 | 9.2 Creating Interactive Dashboards | 9.2 Creating Interactive Dashboards | |
| 10/26 | 10.1 Exam Review | ||
| 10/28 | 10.2 EXAM 2 | ||
| 11/2 | 11.1 Storing and Retrieving Data | 11.1 Creating a Database | Quiz 8 |
| 11/4 | 11.2 Using Tableau to Aggregate Data | 11.2 Working with ‘Pivot Tables’ in Tableau | |
| 11/9 | 12.1 Beyond Numbers | 12.1 Manually Determining the Sentiment of Text Data | Quiz 9 |
| 11/11 | 12.2 Twitter Sentiment Analysis using Excel and Google Drive | 12.2 Sentiment Analysis using Excel | |
| 11/16 | 13.1 Predicting the Future | 13.1 Predicting Future Enrollment | Quiz 10 |
| 11/18 | 13.2 Predictive Analytics Using Tableau | 13.2 Simple Predictive Analytics | |
| 11/30 | Exam Review | Group Final Assignment | |
| 12/2** | Exam 3 | Any missing assignments |
*9/7-Last day to drop a class
**12/6-Last day to withdraw