STA 313: Advanced Data Visualization

Dr. Mine Γ‡etinkaya-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.

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0 Thu, Jan 12 Lec 0

Welcome + Grammar of graphics



1 Tue, Jan 17 Lec 1

Deep dive into ggplot2 layers I

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

βœ… RQ 1


Wed, Jan 18 Lab

Meet the toolkit

πŸ“š ggplot2-book - Chp 14
πŸ“š ggplot2-book - Chp 15



Thu, Jan 19 Lec 2

Deep dive into ggplot2 layers II

πŸ“š ggplot2-book - Chp 16
πŸ“š ggplot2-book - Chp 17
πŸ“š ggplot2-book - Chp 18


2 Tue, Jan 24 Lec 3

Data wrangling I

πŸ“š R4DS - Chp 6



Wed, Jan 25 Lab

Work on HW 1




Thu, Jan 26 Lec 4

Data wrangling II

πŸ“š R4DS - Chp 21

πŸ“ HW 1

3 Tue, Jan 31 Lec 5

Visualizing densities I

πŸ“š ggplot2-book - Chp 5

βœ… RQ 2


Wed, Feb 1 Lab

Work on Project 1 proposals




Thu, Feb 2 Lec 6

Visualizing densities II

πŸ“š ISLR - Chp 13.1 - 13.4


4 Tue, Feb 7 Lec 7

Data wrangling III

πŸ“š R4DS - Chp 21

πŸ“‘ 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

πŸ“š fdv - Chp 13

πŸ“ HW 2


Fri, Feb 10


πŸ“‘ Project 1 proposals for instructor review

5 Tue, Feb 14 Lec 9

Visualizing time series data II

πŸ“š fdv - Chp 14

βœ… RQ 3


Wed, Feb 15 Lab

Work on Project 1 presentations + writeups




Thu, Feb 16 Lec 10

Themes + axes + annotation

πŸŽ₯ Reporting and visualising the pandemic by John Burn-Murdoch
πŸŽ₯ Always look on the bright side of plots by Kara Woo


6 Tue, Feb 21 Lec 11

Presentation ready plots

πŸ“š fdv - Chp 29



Wed, Feb 22 Lab

Project 1 presentations


πŸ“‘ Project 1


Thu, Feb 23 Lec 12

🎀 Guest lecture - Matthew Kay:
Visualizing uncertainty

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


7 Tue, Feb 28 Lec 13

Du Bois visualizations

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

βœ… RQ 4


Wed, Mar 1 Lab

Work on HW 3




Thu, Mar 2 Lec 14

Data visualization accessibility

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


8 Tue, Mar 7 Lec 15

Project 2 preview + Visualizing Likert data I

πŸ“š fdv - Chp 10



Wed, Mar 8 Lab

Work on HW 3




Thu, Mar 9 Lec 16

Visualizing Likert data II

πŸ“š fdv - Chp 11

πŸ“ HW 3

9 Tue, Mar 14 Lec

πŸ–οΈ Spring Break




Wed, Mar 15 Lab

πŸ–οΈ Spring Break




Thu, Mar 16 Lec

πŸ–οΈ Spring Break



10 Tue, Mar 21 Lec 17

Visualizing Likert data III

πŸ“ƒ The case against diverging stacked bars
πŸ“ƒ 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

πŸ“š fdv - Chp 15

πŸ“ HW 4

11 Tue, Mar 28 Lec 19

Visualizing geospatial data II

πŸ“ƒ sf vgnette 1 + πŸ“ƒ sf vgnette 2 +
πŸ“ƒ sf vgnette 3 + πŸ“ƒ sf vgnette 4 +
πŸ“ƒ sf vgnette 5

πŸ“‘ 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


πŸ“‘ Project 2 proposals for instructor review

12 Tue, Apr 4 Lec 21

Colors

πŸ“š fdv - Chp 19
πŸ“š fdv - Chp 4



Wed, Apr 5 Lab

Work on HW 5




Thu, Apr 6 Lec 22

Tables

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


13 Tue, Apr 11 Lec 23

Animation

πŸ“ƒ gganimate vignette

βœ… RQ 5
πŸ“ HW 5


Wed, Apr 12 Lab

Work on Project 2




Thu, Apr 13 Lec 24

Interactive visualizations + reporting with Shiny I

πŸ“š ms - Chp 1
πŸ“š ms - Chp 2


14 Tue, Apr 18 Lec 25

🎀 Guest lecture - Allison Horst:
Interactivity beyond R with Observable Plot




Wed, Apr 19 Lab

Project 2 peer code review




Thu, Apr 20 Lec 26

Interactive visualizations + reporting with Shiny II

πŸ“š ms - Chp 3
πŸ“š ms - Chp 7


15 Tue, Apr 25 Lec 27

Generative art


βœ… RQ 6


Wed, Apr 26 Lab

LDOC / Work on HW 6




Thu, Apr 27 Lec 28

πŸ“ HW 6

16 Thu, May 4 Final

Project 2 presentations


πŸ“‘ Project 2