Week 4

Multidimensional data visualization and Saving Lives with Data case

Prepare

Note📚 Readings

📖 Read chapter 7 (“Maps”) and 8 (“Time-dependent graphs”) from Modern Data Visualization with R

Participate

Note📊 Slideshow

We will focus on the case materials this week. No slideshow will be used.

Practice

Note💻 Specialized libraries

🧮 Maps: Demonstration of R’s library ggmap

🧮 Time-series: Demonstration of R’s library ggseries

Perform

Note📝 Perform

✏️ Address the case study Saving Lives with Data Visualizations (A): Charts in the Time of Cholera (available in Moodle’s case studies area). The companion dataset to the case is available in the data/ dir of the GitHub repo of the module.

💡 Focus on analyzing how effective visualization design principles apply to public health data and crisis communication.

Ponder

Note🛣️ Extra mile

👓 Supplemental readings: Tufte, E. R. (1997). [The Visual Display of Quantitative Information][]. Graphics Press.

🤔 Self-Reflection Exercise: What are the opportunities and challenges in visualizing multidimensional datasets that include temporal and geographic aspects? Consider how design choices impact comprehension and decision-making in complex data scenarios and contingent on audiences’ background.