STA 313: Advanced Data Visualization

This page contains an outline of the topics, content, and assignments for the semester. Note that this schedule will be updated as the semester progresses and the timeline of topics and assignments might be updated throughout the semester.

WEEK DATE PREPARE TOPIC MATERIALS DUE
1 Thu, Jan 11

Welcome + Grammar of graphics

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2 Tue, Jan 16

πŸ“š ggplot2-book - grammar
πŸ“š socviz

Deep dive into ggplot2 layers I

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Wed, Jan 17

πŸ“š ggplot2-book - Chp 13
πŸ“š ggplot2-book - Chp 14

Meet the toolkit

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Thu, Jan 18

πŸ“š ggplot2-book - Chp 15
πŸ“š ggplot2-book - Chp 16
πŸ“š ggplot2-book - Chp 17

Deep dive into ggplot2 layers II

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3 Tue, Jan 23

πŸ“š R4DS - Chp 6

Data wrangling + tidying I

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βœ… RQ 1 at 10 am


Wed, Jan 24

Work on HW 1




Thu, Jan 25

πŸ“š R4DS - Chp 21

Data wrangling + tidying II

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4 Tue, Jan 30

πŸ“š fdv - Chp 13

Visualizing time series data I

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πŸ“ HW 1 at 5 pm


Wed, Jan 31

Work on Project 1 proposals




Thu, Feb 1

πŸ“š fdv - Chp 14

Visualizing time series data II

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5 Tue, Feb 6

πŸ“ A new global gender divide is emerging
πŸ“ Excess Deaths in 2020

🎀 Guest lecture: Kieran Healey
Small multiples

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βœ… RQ 2 at 10 am


Wed, Feb 7

Peer review for Project 1 proposals + Work on HW 2




Thu, Feb 8

πŸ“ 9 ways to imagine Jeff Bezos’ wealth
πŸ“ Feminist Data Set
πŸ“ Dear Data

🎀 Guest lecture: Kelsey Brod
Data as art

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Fri, Feb 9


πŸ“‘ Project 1 proposals for instructor review at 5 pm

6 Tue, Feb 13

πŸŽ₯ Cara Thompson - Dynamic annotations: tips and tricks

Themes + axes + annotation

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πŸ“ HW 2 at 5 pm


Wed, Feb 14

πŸ“œ Historical visualizations
Rubenstein Library visit




Thu, Feb 15

πŸ“ƒ Six part series on W.E.B. Du Bois’ legacy

Du Bois visualizations

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7 Tue, Feb 20

πŸ“ƒ The Right Tools for the Job by Frank Elavsky
πŸ“ƒ Writing Alt Text to Communicate the Meaning in Data Visualizations by Elizabeth Hare

Data visualization accessibility

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Wed, Feb 21

Work on Project 1 presentations + writeups




Thu, Feb 22

πŸ“š fdv - Chp 29

Presentation ready plots I

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8 Tue, Feb 27

πŸ“š fdv - Chp 10
πŸ“š fdv - Chp 11

Visualizing Likert data I

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βœ… RQ 3 at 10 am


Wed, Feb 28

Project 1 presentations


πŸ“‘ Project 1


Thu, Feb 29

πŸ“ƒ The case against diverging stacked bars
πŸ“ƒ On Likert Scales In R

Visualizing Likert data II

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9 Tue, Mar 5

πŸ“š fdv - Chp 15

Visualizing geospatial data I

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Wed, Mar 6

Work on HW 3




Thu, Mar 7

πŸ“ƒ sf vgnette 1 +
πŸ“ƒ sf vgnette 2 +
πŸ“ƒ sf vgnette 3

❌ No class


πŸ“ HW 3 at 5 pm

10 Tue, Mar 12

🌴 No lab - Spring Break




Wed, Mar 13

🌴 No lab - Spring Break




Thu, Mar 14

🌴 No lab - Spring Break



11 Tue, Mar 19

πŸ“ƒ sf vgnette 4 +
πŸ“ƒ sf vgnette 5

Project 2 preview + Visualizing geospatial data II

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βœ… RQ 4 at 10 am


Wed, Mar 20

Work on HW 4 + Project 2 proposals

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Thu, Mar 21

Visualizing geospatial data III



12 Tue, Mar 26

πŸ“š fdv - Chp 16
πŸ“ƒ Uncertainty Visualization

Visualizing uncertainty

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πŸ“ HW 4 at 6 pm


Wed, Mar 27

Project 2 proposal peer review


πŸ“‘ Project 2 proposals for peer review at 1 pm


Thu, Mar 28

πŸ“ƒ Frequentist uncertainty visualization

Visualizing uncertainty

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Fri, Mar 29


πŸ“‘ Project 2 proposals for instructor review at 5 pm

13 Tue, Apr 2

πŸ“š ms - Chp 1
πŸ“š ms - Chp 2
πŸ“š ms - Chp 3

Interactive visualizations + reporting with Shiny


βœ… RQ 5 at 10 am


Wed, Apr 3

Work on HW 5




Thu, Apr 4

πŸ“ƒ Quarto Dashboards

Quarto Dashboards



14 Tue, Apr 9

πŸ“ƒ gganimate vignette

Animation


πŸ“ HW 5 at 5 pm


Wed, Apr 10

Work on Project 2




Thu, Apr 11

πŸ“ƒ Jon Schwabish - Ten Guidelines for Better Tables
πŸ“ƒ Tom Mock - 10+ Guidelines for Better Tables in R

Tables



15 Tue, Apr 16

Generative art I


βœ… RQ 6 at 10 am


Wed, Apr 17

Work on HW 6




Thu, Apr 18

Generative art II



16 Tue, Apr 23

Presentation ready plots II


πŸ“ HW 6 at 5 pm


Wed, Apr 24

Project 2 code review



17 Wed, May 1

Project 2 presentations (9 am - 12 pm)


πŸ“‘ Project 2