Schedule

All assignments are due by 11:59pm on the due date.

Week	Date	Quiz	Class	Weekly HW	Mini Projects	Final Projects
1	Aug 30		Getting Started Class orientation; workflow; Quarto; importing data; data wrangling & plotting refresher	HW 1 Due: Sep 05
2	Sep 06		Tidy Data Tidy data; reshaping data; data provenance; writing a research question	HW 2 Due: Sep 12
3	Sep 13	Quiz 1: Weeks 1 - 2	Cleaning Data Joins; changing data types; dealing with messy Excel files	HW 3 Due: Sep 19	Data Cleaning Due: Sep 26	Proposal Due: Sep 24
4	Sep 20		Exploring Data Data types & scales; centrality & variability; correlation
5	Sep 27		Project Workshop Team meetings to discuss proposal feedback	HW 4 Due: Oct 03
6	Oct 04	Quiz 2: Week 4	Visualizing Information Psychology of graphical perception; preattentive attributes; ugly, bad, & wrong charts; chart design best practices	HW 5 Due: Oct 10	Exploring Data Due: Oct 17
7	Oct 11		Factors, Amounts, & Proportions Manipulating factors; plotting amounts with bars, dots, and lollipops; parts of whole	HW 6 Due: Oct 17
8	Oct 18		Comparisons Facets; reference lines; dumbbells; slopes; distributions	HW 7 Due: Oct 24		Progress Report Due: Oct 29
9	Oct 25	Quiz 3: Weeks 7 - 8	Trends Line charts; heat maps; animation	HW 8 Due: Oct 31
10	Nov 01		Polishing Charts Colors; annotations; scales; themes; multi-panel figures	HW 9 Due: Nov 07
11	Nov 08	Quiz 4: Weeks 9 - 10	Maps Maps in ggplot; mapping data to maps; projections; project workshop	HW 10 Due: Nov 14	Re-design Due: Nov 21
12	Nov 15		In-Class Project Workshop Full day dedicated to making progress towards final analyses	HW 11 Due: Nov 28
13	Nov 22		Thanksgiving - no class			Final Report Due: Dec 10
14	Nov 29		Interactivity Plotly; interactive tables; shiny apps	HW 12 Due: Dec 05
15	Dec 06	Quiz 5: Weeks 6 - 12	Story Telling Telling stories; slide design; giving a talk			Presentation Due: Dec 12
16	Dec 13		Final Presentations In-class presentation showcase w/Q&A

Final Interviews will be held virtually December 11-12 (sign up here)