STA 313: Advanced Data Visualization

Dr. Mine Çetinkaya-Rundel

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		topic	prepare	due
0	Thu, Jan 12	Lec 0	Welcome + Grammar of graphics
1	Tue, Jan 17	Lec 1	Deep dive into ggplot2 layers I	📚 ggplot2-book - Chp 13 📚 socviz	✅ RQ 1
	Wed, Jan 18	Lab	Meet the toolkit	📚 ggplot2-book - Chp 14 📚 ggplot2-book - Chp 15
	Thu, Jan 19	Lec 2	Deep dive into ggplot2 layers II	📚 ggplot2-book - Chp 16 📚 ggplot2-book - Chp 17 📚 ggplot2-book - Chp 18
2	Tue, Jan 24	Lec 3	Data wrangling I	📚 R4DS - Chp 6
	Wed, Jan 25	Lab	Work on HW 1
	Thu, Jan 26	Lec 4	Data wrangling II	📚 R4DS - Chp 21	📝 HW 1
3	Tue, Jan 31	Lec 5	Visualizing densities I	📚 ggplot2-book - Chp 5	✅ RQ 2
	Wed, Feb 1	Lab	Work on Project 1 proposals
	Thu, Feb 2	Lec 6	Visualizing densities II	📚 ISLR - Chp 13.1 - 13.4
4	Tue, Feb 7	Lec 7	Data wrangling III	📚 R4DS - Chp 21	📑 Project 1 proposals for peer review
	Wed, Feb 8	Lab	Peer review for Project 1 proposals + Work on HW 2
	Thu, Feb 9	Lec 8	Visualizing time series data I	📚 fdv - Chp 13	📝 HW 2
	Fri, Feb 10				📑 Project 1 proposals for instructor review
5	Tue, Feb 14	Lec 9	Visualizing time series data II	📚 fdv - Chp 14	✅ RQ 3
	Wed, Feb 15	Lab	Work on Project 1 presentations + writeups
	Thu, Feb 16	Lec 10	Themes + axes + annotation	🎥 Reporting and visualising the pandemic by John Burn-Murdoch 🎥 Always look on the bright side of plots by Kara Woo
6	Tue, Feb 21	Lec 11	Presentation ready plots	📚 fdv - Chp 29
	Wed, Feb 22	Lab	Project 1 presentations		📑 Project 1
	Thu, Feb 23	Lec 12	Visualizing uncertainty: 🎤 Guest lecture - Matthew Kay	📚 fdv - Chp 16 📃 Uncertainty Visualization
7	Tue, Feb 28	Lec 13	Du Bois visualizations	📃 Six part series on W.E.B. Du Bois’ legacy	✅ RQ 4
	Wed, Mar 1	Lab	Work on HW 3
	Thu, Mar 2	Lec 14	Data visualization accessibility	📃 The Right Tools for the Job by Frank Elavsky 📃 Writing Alt Text to Communicate the Meaning in Data Visualizations by Elizabeth Hare
8	Tue, Mar 7	Lec 15	Project 2 preview + Visualizing Likert data I	📚 fdv - Chp 10
	Wed, Mar 8	Lab	Work on HW 3
	Thu, Mar 9	Lec 16	Visualizing Likert data II	📚 fdv - Chp 11	📝 HW 3
9	Tue, Mar 14	Lec	🏖️ Spring Break
	Wed, Mar 15	Lab	🏖️ Spring Break
	Thu, Mar 16	Lec	🏖️ Spring Break
10	Tue, Mar 21	Lec 17	Visualizing Likert data III	📃 The case against diverging stacked bars 📃 On Likert Scales In R
	Wed, Mar 22	Lab	Work on Project 2 proposals + HW 4
	Thu, Mar 23	Lec 18	Visualizing geospatial data I	📚 fdv - Chp 15	📝 HW 4
11	Tue, Mar 28	Lec 19	Visualizing geospatial data II	📃 sf vgnette 1 + 📃 sf vgnette 2 + 📃 sf vgnette 3 + 📃 sf vgnette 4 + 📃 sf vgnette 5	📑 Project 2 proposals for peer review
	Wed, Mar 29	Lab	Project 2 proposal peer review
	Thu, Mar 30	Lec 20	Visualizing geospatial data III
	Fri, Mar 31				📑 Project 2 proposals for instructor review
12	Tue, Apr 4	Lec 21	Visualizing text data
	Wed, Apr 5	Lab	Work on HW 5
	Thu, Apr 6	Lec 22	Tables		📝 HW 5
13	Tue, Apr 11	Lec 23	Animation		✅ RQ 5
	Wed, Apr 12	Lab	Project 2 peer review
	Thu, Apr 13	Lec 24	Interactive visualizations + reporting
14	Tue, Apr 18	Lec 25	Interactivity beyond R with Observable: 🎤 Guest lecture - Allison Horst
	Wed, Apr 19	Lab	Work on HW 6
	Thu, Apr 20	Lec 26	Colors		📝 HW 6
15	Tue, Apr 25	Lec 27	Generative art		✅ RQ 6
	Wed, Apr 26	Lab	Project 2 practice presentations + peer review
	Thu, Apr 27	Lec 28	Wrap up
16	Thu, May 4	Final	Project 2 presentations		📑 Project 2