Lecture Materials for Week 1

August 19, 2024

Welcome

Hands-on Data Visualization by Dr. Jack Dougherty and Ilya Ilyankou was mentioned in the slides. It’s a wonderful book for thinking generally about data visualization.
The data analysis pipeline presented in the slide deck comes from the incredible text R for Data Science written by Drs. Hadley Wickham, Mine Çetinkaya-Rundel, and Garrett Grolemund.

If the “How much hotter” link inside the slide deck doesn’t work for you, please try clicking here.
When prompted in lecture, click here to rate these charts using Alberto Cairo’s elements of an outstanding chart.
I created a Quarto dashboard to display the results of the chart survey that we completed in class. Click here to view it.

Robin Williams’ excellent book entitled The Non-Designers Design Book outlines the C.R.A.P. (Contrast, Repetition, Alignment, Proximity) method of graphic design. I read this book before I designed this website and found it very helpful, and the principles translate well to chart design.
Storytelling with Data by Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic is an excellent resource for crafting a story with data.
If you’re intrigued by data visualization, Alberto Cairo’s books are excellent resources to explore further. You can find more about his work here.
A Washington Post article entitled “Why this National Review global temperature graph is so misleading” was described in the slide deck — you can access the full article here.
The hockey stick chart displayed in the slide deck was published in this report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). It was initially developed by Dr. Michael Mann, a Climate Scientist, and colleagues for this research paper.