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Spring 2018 | PA 5929 Section 002: Data Visualization: Telling Stories with Numbers (67035)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Laboratory
- Credits:
- 1.5 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
First Half of Term
Tue,
Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PM
UMTC, West Bank
Hubert H Humphrey Center 85
- Enrollment Status:
Closed (31 of 25 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Tools for communicating quantitative information in an intelligent, effective and persuasive way. Topics covered include 1) determining which types of statistical measures are most effective for each type of data and message; 2) determining which types of design to use for communicating quantitative information; and 3) designing graphs and tables that are intelligent and compelling for communicating quantitative information.
- Class Notes:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/?dorelien+PA5929Spring2018
- Class Description:
- Please note that it is possible to audit the course or take the course S/N.
The course in the spring will only focus on Excel (and possibly Tableau) and will be geared towards students who really haven't used Excel much. The spring course will meet twice a week for the first half of the semester. Both the fall and spring courses will cover the same key concepts, it's just that in the fall course you will learn how to make the visualizations in both Excel and R.
If there is enough student interest, the last two weeks of the course will be an introduction to Tableau (https://public.tableau.com/s/).
- Grading:
- Please note that it is possible to audit the course or take the course S/N. I encourage students that are already taking a full load of classes to sign up for this class S/N, that way you can focus on learning the material and not on the letter grade.
6 Problem Sets (each problem set is worth 11% of final grade). The problem sets will be due one week after being assigned and will need to be uploaded to Moodle before the start of class.
1 Final Report (34% of final grade)
- Class Format:
- Meets twice a week for first half the semester. The majority of class time is spent doing in-class exercises.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/67035/1183
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/dorelien_PA5929_Spring2019.pdf (Spring 2019)
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 15 November 2017
ClassInfo Links - Spring 2018 Public Affairs Classes Taught by Audrey Dorelien