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01/15
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Course introduction:
Orientation; workflow;
importing data; data provenance; tidy data; writing a research question
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Exercises
Due 1/21 by 11pm
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2
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01/22
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Exploring data:
Data types & scales;
centrality & spread; variation & covariation; plot types
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Exercises
Due 1/28 by 11pm
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3
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01/29
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Visualizing information:
Psychology of graphical
perception; ugly, bad, & wrong figures
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dataviz-cheatsheet
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Quiz 1
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Exercises
Due 2/04 by 11pm
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4
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02/05
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Graphing Amounts & Proportions:
Amounts,
distributions, parts of whole, factors, facets
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Redesign 1
Due 2/18 by 11pm
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5
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02/12
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Graphing comparisons:
Bars, dots, lollipops,
references, dumbbells, slopes, distributions
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6
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02/19
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Graphing trends:
Lines, heat maps, animation
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Quiz 2
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Exercises
Due 2/25 by 11pm
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7
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02/26
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Data cleaning:
Joins & dealing with messy
Excel files
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Project Proposals
Due 3/13 by 11pm
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8
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03/04
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Polishing your charts:
Colors, annotations,
scales, themes, multi-panel figures
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Exercises
Due 3/10 by 11pm
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9
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03/11
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Maps & geospatial data
Choropleth maps
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Quiz 3
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Redesign 2
Due 3/27 by 11pm
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10
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03/18
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Spring Break: No Class
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11
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03/25
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Correlation analysis
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12
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04/01
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Shiny apps
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13
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04/08
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Communicating your results
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Progress Report
Due 4/22 by 11pm
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14
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04/15
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No class:
Instructor project sessions
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Peer Review
Due 4/29 by 11pm
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15
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04/22
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No class:
Instructor project sessions
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Final Report
Due 5/04 by 11pm
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16
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04/29
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Reading day
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17
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05/06
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Final project presentations
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Presentation
Slides due 5/05 by 11pm
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