Schedule

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

Week	Date	Quiz	Class	Weekly HW	Mini Projects	Final Projects
1	Aug 28		Getting Started Class orientation; workflow; Quarto; importing data; data wrangling & plotting refresher	HW 1 Due: Sep 02
2	Sep 04		Tidy Data Tidy data; reshaping data; data provenance; writing a research question	HW 2 Due: Sep 09
3	Sep 11	Quiz 1: Weeks 1 - 2	Cleaning Data Joins; changing data types; dealing with messy Excel files	HW 3 Due: Sep 16	Data Cleaning Due: Sep 24	Proposal Due: Sep 22
4	Sep 18		Exploring Data Data types & scales; centrality & variability; correlation	Finish Proposals and Mini Project 1!
5	Sep 25		Project Workshop Team meetings to discuss proposal feedback	HW 4 Due: Sep 30
6	Oct 02	Quiz 2: Week 4	Visualizing Information Psychology of graphical perception; preattentive attributes; ugly, bad, & wrong charts; chart design best practices	HW 5 Due: Oct 07	Exploring Data Due: Oct 15
7	Oct 09		Factors, Amounts, & Proportions Manipulating factors; plotting amounts with bars, dots, and lollipops; parts of whole	HW 6 Due: Oct 14
8	Oct 16		Comparisons Facets; reference lines; dumbbells; slopes; distributions	HW 7 Due: Oct 21		Progress Report Due: Oct 27
9	Oct 23	Quiz 3: Weeks 7 - 8	Trends Line charts; heat maps; animation	HW 8 Due: Oct 28
10	Oct 30		Polishing Charts Colors; annotations; scales; themes; multi-panel figures	HW 9 Due: Nov 04
11	Nov 06		Maps Maps in ggplot; mapping data to maps; projections	HW 10 Due: Nov 11	Re-design Due: Nov 19
12	Nov 13	Quiz 4: Weeks 9 - 10	In-Class Project Workshop Full day dedicated to making progress towards final analyses	HW 11 Due: Nov 18
13	Nov 20	Quiz 5: Weeks 6 - 12	Interactivity Plotly; interactive tables; shiny apps	HW 12 Due: Dec 02		Final Report Due: Dec 08
14	Nov 27		Thanksgiving - no class
15	Dec 04		Story Telling Telling stories; slide design; giving a talk			Presentation Due: Dec 10
16	Dec 11		Final Presentations In-class presentation showcase w/Q&A

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