Week Date Quiz Class Assignments
1 Jan 13 Getting Started
Class orientation; workflow; importing data; data provenance; tidy data; writing a research question
Centrality & Variability
Due 01/26
2 Jan 20 No Class - Inauguration Day
3 Jan 27 Centrality & Variability
Data types & scales; centrality & spread; variation & covariation; plot types
Correlation
Due 02/02
4 Feb 03 Correlation
Correlation metrics; outliers; visualizing correlations; linear models
Visualizing Information
Due 02/09
Mini Project 1:
Exploring Data
Due 02/16
5 Feb 10 Visualizing Information
Psychology of graphical perception; preattentive attributes; ugly, bad, & wrong charts; chart design best practices
Amounts & Proportions
Due 02/16
6 Feb 17 Amounts & Proportions
Manipulating factors; plotting amounts with bars, dots, and lollipops; parts of whole
Comparisons
Due 02/23
Mini Project 2:
Re-design
Due 03/09
7 Feb 24 Comparisons
Facets; reference lines; dumbbells; slopes; distributions
Trends
Due 03/02
8 Mar 03 Trends
Line charts; heat maps; animation
Cleaning Data
Due 03/09
Final Project:
Proposal
Due 03/12
9 Mar 10 Cleaning Data
Joins; reshaping data; date type data; dealing with messy Excel files
Polishing Charts
Due 03/23
Mini Project 3:
Mini Analysis
Due 04/06
10 Mar 17 No Class - Spring Break
11 Mar 24 Polishing Charts
Colors; annotations; scales; themes; multi-panel figures
Maps
Due 03/30
12 Mar 31 Maps
Maps in ggplot; mapping data to maps; projections
Interactive Charts
Due 04/06
Final Project:
Progress Report
Due 04/16
13 Apr 07 Interactive Charts
Plotly; leaflet
Shiny Apps
Due 04/13
14 Apr 14 Shiny Apps
Interactive apps; dashboards
Communicating Results
Due 04/27
15 Apr 21 No Class - Project Time!
Team meetings with Prof. Helveston
Final Project:
Final Report
Due 05/02
16 Apr 28 Communicating Results
Telling stories; slide design; giving a talk
17 May 05 Project Presentations & Interviews!

EMSE 4575: Exploratory Data Analysis (Spring 2021)
Wednesdays | 12:45 - 3:15 PM | Dr. John Paul Helveston | jph@gwu.edu |
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