| Week | Date | Quiz | Class | Weekly HW | Mini Projects | Final Projects |
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| 1 | Aug 27 | Getting Started Class orientation; workflow; Quarto; importing data; data wrangling & plotting refresher |
HW 1 Due: Sep 01 |
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| 2 | Sep 03 | Tidy Data Tidy data; reshaping data; data provenance; writing a research question |
HW 2 Due: Sep 08 |
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| 3 | Sep 10 | Cleaning Data Joins; changing data types; dealing with messy Excel files |
Work on Proposals and Mini Project 1! |
MP1: Data Cleaning Due: Sep 23 |
Proposal Due: Sep 21 |
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| 4 | Sep 17 | Project Workshop Team meetings to discuss project proposals |
HW 3 Due: Sep 22 |
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| 5 | Sep 24 | Quiz 1: Weeks 1 - 2 |
Exploring Data Data types & scales; centrality & variability; correlation |
HW 4 Due: Sep 29 |
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| 6 | Oct 01 | Visualizing Information Psychology of graphical perception; preattentive attributes; ugly, bad, & wrong charts; chart design best practices |
HW 5 Due: Oct 06 |
MP2: Exploring Data Due: Oct 14 |
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| 7 | Oct 08 | Quiz 2: Week 5 |
Factors, Amounts, & Proportions Manipulating factors; plotting amounts with bars, dots, and lollipops; parts of whole |
HW 6 Due: Oct 13 |
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| 8 | Oct 15 | Comparisons Facets; reference lines; dumbbells; slopes; distributions |
HW 7 Due: Oct 20 |
Progress Report Due: Oct 26 |
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| 9 | Oct 22 | Quiz 3: Weeks 7 - 8 |
Trends Line charts; heat maps; animation |
HW 8 Due: Oct 27 |
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| 10 | Oct 29 | Polishing Charts Colors; annotations; scales; themes; multi-panel figures |
HW 9 Due: Nov 03 |
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| 11 | Nov 05 | Maps Maps in ggplot; mapping data to maps; projections |
HW 10 Due: Nov 10 |
MP3: Re-design Due: Nov 11 |
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| 12 | Nov 12 | Quiz 4: Weeks 9 - 10 |
In-Class Project Workshop Full day dedicated to making progress towards final analyses |
HW 11 Due: Nov 17 |
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| 13 | Nov 19 | Quiz 5: Weeks 6 - 12 |
Interactivity Plotly; interactive tables; shiny apps |
HW 12 Due: Dec 01 |
Final Report Due: Dec 07 |
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| 14 | Nov 26 | Thanksgiving - no class |
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| 15 | Dec 03 | Story Telling Telling stories; slide design; giving a talk |
Presentation Due: Dec 09 |
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| 16 | Dec 10 | Final Presentations In-class presentation showcase w/Q&A |
Schedule
All assignments are due by 11:59pm on the due date.