Data Visualization

C#	Date	Topics	Handouts/Deadlines
1 to 3		Lectures Taught by McCall See Blackboard for information	Handouts Policy brief proposal assignment assignment Fully composed chart assignment assignment Good/Bad/Ugly assignment assignment
4	June 8	Histograms and Distributions Reading Few, Chapter 6 Chang, Chapter 6 (through 6.5) Merrill and Leatherby, “Here's How America Uses Its Land” In-class recording	Due Tutorial 3 Handouts Tutorial 4 Lecture Notes
5	June 15	Maps Reading Monmonier, How to Lie, Chapters 1 and 2 Great dot density from Post here; if you can't get the full article, the picture of goats is here In-class recording	Due Fully Composed Chart Tutorial 4 Handouts Tutorial 5 Lecture Notes In-class data analysis: code, fast-41 data, census state map
6	June 22	Line charts and Annotations Reading Few, Chapter 10, pages 217-220 (on lines) and Chapter 13 Chang, Chapter 4 and Chapter 7 In-class recording	Due Tutorial 5 Handouts Lecture Notes Tutorial 6 In-class workshop instructions Final presentation and paper instructions
7	June 29	Functions, Storyboarding, and Workshop Reading Knaflic, Chapters 7 and 8 In-class recording	Due Tutorial 6 Handouts Lecture Notes Tutorial 7
8	July 6	Scatter plots and Color Reading Friendly and Denis, “The Early Origins and Development of the Scatterplot”, Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences, 2005. [link] (skim is sufficient) Few, Chapter 10, pages 206-210 (on scatters) and Chapter 11 [not required, for reference] Albers, Josef, Interaction of Color, 1973, updated 2013. [link] Chang, Chapter 5 In-class recording	Due Tutorial 7 Handouts Lecture Notes Tutorial 8
9	July 13	Storytelling, Accessibility and Interactivity Reading Knaflic, Chapter 9 Few, Chapter 10, pages 224-246 (secondary component design) Mulbrandon -- skim and think about a few graphics carefully On minimal reproducible examples, and a specific R case Great WSJ graphs that move In-class recording	Due Tutorial 8 Handouts Lecture Notes Tutorial 9
10	July 20	Presentations	Due presentations Tutorial 9 Handouts Lecture Notes
	July 27	No class	Due Policy brief