Data Visualization and Story Telling

3 units

This course begins with a review of human perception and cognition, drawing upon psychological studies of perceptual accuracy and preferences. The course reviews principles of computational graphic design, what makes for a good graph, and why some data visualizations effectively present information and others do not. It considers visualization as a component of systems for data analytics and applications and presents examples of exploratory data analysis, visualizing time, networks, and maps. Students learn methods for static and interactive graphing and become familiar with tools for building web-browser-based presentations. Prerequisites: None