STA 113: Visualizing Data

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.

WEEK DATE TOPIC PREPARE MATERIALS DUE
1 Tue, Aug 29

Welcome to STA 113FS!


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Thu, Aug 31

Meet the toolkit (R + RStudio)

πŸ“– socviz: Chp 1

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Getting to know you survey
GitHub usernames

2 Tue, Sep 5

Meet the toolkit (Git + GitHub) +
Grammar of graphics

πŸ“– r4ds: Chp 2.1 - 2.4
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Thu, Sep 7

Visualizing various types of data

πŸ“– r4ds: Chp 2.5 - 2.8
πŸ“– r4ds: Chp 3
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3 Tue, Sep 12

🦠 Class cancelled





Thu, Sep 14

Grammar of data wrangling

πŸ“– r4ds: Chp 4.1 - 4.5
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πŸ“„ HW 1

4 Tue, Sep 19

πŸ“Š Project 1 workday

πŸ“– r4ds: Chp 4.5 - 4.7
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Thu, Sep 21

Rubenstein Library Visit (Rubenstein Room 150)

🎧 podcast
πŸ“– r4ds: Chp 5


πŸ“„ HW 2

5 Tue, Sep 26

Working with multiple data frames

πŸ“– r4ds: Chp 20.1 - 20.4
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Thu, Sep 28

Tidying data

πŸ“– r4ds: Chp 6
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πŸ“Š Project 1 proposal

6 Tue, Oct 3

βœ… Exam 1 - In class





Thu, Oct 5

Data types and classes

πŸ“– r4ds: Chp 17
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βœ… Exam 1 - Take home

7 Tue, Oct 10

Presentation ready plots I: Telling a story

πŸ“– fdv: Chp 29

πŸ“Š Project 1 peer review
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Thu, Oct 12

πŸ“Š Project 1 presentation



πŸ“Š Project 1


Fri, Oct 13


βœ… Exam 1 - Take home redo (optional)

8 Tue, Oct 17

πŸ‚ Fall Break - No lecture





Thu, Oct 19

Visualizing and modeling relationships I

πŸ“– ims2: Chp 7

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9 Tue, Oct 24

Visualizing and modeling relationships II

πŸ“– ims2: Chp 8

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Thu, Oct 26

πŸ“Š Project 2 workday



πŸ“„ HW 3

10 Tue, Oct 31

Visualizing and modeling relationships III

πŸ“– ims2: Chp 9

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Thu, Nov 2

Visualizing and modeling relationships IV

πŸ“– ims2: Chp 10

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11 Tue, Nov 7

Visualizing uncertainty I

πŸ“– ims2: Chp 11

πŸ“Š Project 2 proposal peer review
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πŸ“Š Project 2 proposal


Thu, Nov 9

Visualizing uncertainty II

πŸ“– ims2: Chp 12

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πŸ“„ HW 4


Fri, Nov 10


πŸ“Š Optional: Project 2 proposal - updated

12 Tue, Nov 14

βœ… Exam 2 - In class





Thu, Nov 16

Visual inference


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βœ… Exam 2 - Take home

13 Tue, Nov 21

β˜•οΈ Coffee chat





Thu, Nov 23

πŸ¦ƒ Thanksgiving Break - No lecture




14 Tue, Nov 28

Accessibility

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Thu, Nov 30

Colors

πŸ“š fdv - Chp 19
πŸ“š fdv - Chp 4

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15 Tue, Dec 5

Presentation ready plots II: 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

Project 2 code review
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Thu, Dec 7

πŸ“Š Project 2 presentation



πŸ“Š Project 2


Fri, Dec 8


πŸ“„ HW 5