Data visualisation
Before class
- read book chapter on visualisation principles
- read book chapter on common plots
- Task:
- Find an example of a visualisation that you particularly like/dislike. Looking for a graph?
- https://www.nytimes.com/section/upshot
- https://statbel.fgov.be/fr (dashboard)
- https://inegalites.be/
- https://www.dataviz-inspiration.com/
- Fill in this survey, where you are asked : 1/ the link to the visualisation; 2/ what you liked/disliked about it.
In class
- 5 students are asked to discuss the visualisation they chose for the “before class” task
Learning objectives
- Knowing the most frequent types of plot
- Identifying strenght & weaknesses of graphical representations
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