NOTE Be sure to sign up for an account with Tableau, either the public version or the student Desktop version. If you plan to use your own computer for the work, be sure to install the software BEFORE class. All of the lab computers should have Tableau on them already.
You don’t have to do anything over Spring Break other than to think about which of the three datasets I introduce in class on Wednesday you will want to work on for your story memo project.
(From now on, I’ll put reading on the day it’s due rather than the day before)
On Monday, we’re going to get started on data visualization as it’s used in reporting, rather than for publication or presentation. The principles will be the same, but the polish won’t.
“Vizualization as a reporting tool”: (None of the links work on either the handout or the interview – don’t bother to try.)
Chapter from the Data Journalism H\andbook on finding insights through visualization, from Gregor Aisch, who is a longtime genius graphics reporter at the New York TImes.
Review the slides from Peter Aldhous’s site on visualizing data for science investigations.
A link to your Tableau Public workbook from the tutorial we start on Monday.
You don’t have to stay for the whole class if you prefer to do this tutorial at home. But, like the exam, I won’t be available to help you over speed bumps if you choose to skip that part of class.
### Recommended resource Financial Times’ “visual vocabulary”, as a pdf or online
More visualization. Introducing three datasets: