Lesson02

ISSS608 Visual Analytics and Applications

About

Weekly Session

Assignment

Visual Analytics Project

Course Resources

Readings

Core Readings

• Data Visualization: Clarity or Aesthetics?
• Clarity or Aesthetics? Part 2 – A Tale of Four Quadrants
• Clarity or Aesthetics? Part 3 – Tips for Achieving Both
• Junk Charts Trifecta Checkup: The Definitive Guide

Optional Readings

• 7 Basic Rules for Making Charts and Graphs
• Quantitative Literacy Across the Curriculum
• Tapping the Power of Visual Perception
• Sometimes We Must Raise Our Voices
• Best Practices for Understanding Quantitative Data
• Data Visualization: Rules for Encoding Values in Graph
• Choosing Colors for Data Visualization
• Line Graphs and Irregular Intervals: An Incompatible Partnership

All About Tableau

• Formatting

• The Formatting Pane

• Trend Lines

• Reference Lines

• Getting Started with Dashboards and Stories

• Getting Started with Calculation

• Calculation Syntax

• Introduction to LOD Expressions

• Intro to Table Calculations

• Modifying Table Calculations

• Aggregate Calculations

• Date Calculations

• Logic Calculation

• String Calculation

• Number Calculation

• Type Calculation

• Conceptual Topics with LOD Expressions

• Aggregation and Replication with LOD Expressions

• Nested LOD Expressions