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06 April 2021

preps | thoughts about data display | creating a data display



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Class Schedule

Basics | sessions 01-03
  1. 19 Jan intro and clients | lecture | labs
  2. 26 Jan servers and command line | lecture | labs
  3. 02 Feb networks and protocols | lecture | labs
Web Development | sessions 04-08

  1. 09 Feb structural layer | lecture | labs
  2. 16 Feb presentational layer | lecture | labs
  3. 23 Feb using a structure | lecture | labs
  4. 02 Mar behavioral layer | lecture | labs
  5. 09 Mar design thoughts | lecture | labs
Dealing with Markup | sessions 09-10
  1. 16 Mar control objects and display | lecture | labs
  2. 23 Mar tools that read markup | lecture | labs
Working with data | sessions 11-14
  1. 30 Mar formulas, functions, vectors | lecture | labs
  2. 06 Apr data display | lecture | labs
  3. 13 Apr manipulate data sets | lecture | labs
  4. 20 Apr relational data bases | lecture | labs
Presentations | sessions 15-16
  1. 27 Apr designing a presentation | lecture | labs
  2. 04 May delivering a presentation | lecture | labs


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Glance over these items to prepare yourselves for the data display session.

Watch this TED talk and hink about how numbers can be converted into pictures that inform us

Our displays won't be quite as complex or sophisticated, but we will begin to underestand why and how to create a visual display of data.


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Consider the points in this article

Data Visualization Best Practices


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Some other assistance (should you need it)

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  8. Washington Post: This chart is the best explanation of middle-class finances you will ever see
  9. Business Insider: 26 simple charts to show friends and family who aren't convinced racism is still a problem in America

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06 April lecture | preps | thoughts about data display | creating a data display