Outline and Meetings | Good/Bad/Ugly

C#	Date	Topics	Handouts/Deadlines
0		Setting Up RStudio	Handouts Tutorial 0
1	Jan. 12	Data Visualization Ur-Text and Starting R Reading Tufte, Part 1 Chang Chapter 1, Chapter 15:1-15:7, 15:15-15:18	Handouts Lecture notes [LN 1] Tutorial 1 [link] Policy brief proposal [link] Fully composed chart [link] Good/Bad/Ugly [link]
	Jan. 19	MLK Holiday
2	Jan. 26	Intro to Nuts and Bolts of Visualization and Data Prep in R Reading Few, Chapters 3 and 5 Tuva's Graph Choice Chart	In class Quiz 1 Due Tutorial 1 Handouts Tutorial 2 [link] How to make a pdf using quarto, [link] Lecture notes [LN 2]
3	Feb. 2	Levels and Shares, Bars and Lollipops Reading Few, Chapter 6, pages 87-95; Chapter 9; and Chapter 10, pages 210-217 (on bars) Chang, Chapter 3 McGinty, “Grasping Giant Numbers is Far From Second Nature”, Wall Street Journal Great lollipop from Wall Street Journal here. Full article is “In Triumph or Tragedy, View of Trump Don't Waver”, Wall Street Journal. Original article: [link] [unsuccessful bar example] Wong, Ashley, “Butt Lifts in Miami, Breast Implants in Beverly Hills: Plastic Surgery by Region”, Wall Street Journal, Sept. 24, 2025. Original article: [link] Discuss legends and keys	In class Quiz 2, [answers] Due Tutorial 2. Policy brief proposal Handouts Tutorial 3 Lecture notes [LN 3]
4	Feb. 9	Histograms and Distributions Reading Few, Chapter 6, pages 117-127. Chang, Chapter 6, 6.1 to 6.5 Discuss formatting text, numbers, dates	In class Quiz 3, [answers] Due Tutorial 3. Handouts Tutorial 4 [T 4] Lecture notes [LN 4]
	Feb. 16	Presidents Day
5	Feb. 23	Maps I and Data via API Reading Manson, Mapping, Society and Technology, Chapter 7 How to get data via API	In class Quiz 4, [answers] Due Fully Composed Chart Tutorial 4. Handouts Tutorial 5 [T 5] Lecture Notes [LN 5]
6	March 2	Functions and Storyboarding Reading Knaflic, Chapters 7 and 8 Straightforward function example: Fahrenheit to Celsius Supplemental Complete discussion of functions by Hadley Wickham	In class Quiz 5, [answers] Due Tutorial 5. Handouts Tutorial 6 [T 6] In-class workshop instructions [link] Lecture notes [LN 6]
	Mar. 9	Spring Break
7	Mar. 16	Maps II and Themes Reading Manson, Mapping, Society and Technology, Chapter 5 Takenaga, “How the Times Makes Those Addictive Election Maps”, New York Times Chang, Chapter 9: 9.2 to 9.6 Discuss choosing colors Great dot density from Post here; if you can't get the full article, the picture of goats is here	In class Quiz 6 Due Tutorial 6 Handouts Tutorial 7 Lecture notes 7
8	March 23	Line charts and Annotations Reading Few, Chapter 10, pages 217-220 (on lines) and Chapter 13 Chang, Chapter 4 and Chapter 7 How to adjust for inflation How to normalize and avoid two axes	In class Quiz 7 Due Tutorial 7.
9	Mar. 30	Guest speaker and In-class workshop In-class workshop	In class Quiz 8 Due Tutorial 8. Materials to your classmates for in-class workshop Handouts Lecture notes Final presentation and paper instructions
10	April 6	Scatter plots and Color Reading Friendly and Denis, “The Early Origins and Development of the Scatterplot”, Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences, 2005. [link] (skim is sufficient) Few, Chapter 10, pages 206-210 (on scatters) and Chapter 11 Chang, Chapter 5 Discuss formatting gridlines, tick marks, axis lines, borders	Handouts Lecture notes Tutorial 9
11	April 13	Student Consultations No in person class Instead, consultations April 2, 9 or 10. Sign up [here]
12	April 20	Storytelling, Accessibility and Interactivity Reading Knaflic, Chapter 9 Few, Chapter 10, pages 224-246 (secondary component design) On minimal reproducible examples, and a specific R case	In class Quiz 9 Due Tutorial 9 Handouts Tutorial 10 Lecture Notes 12
13	April 27	Presentations and feedback [list presenters here]	Due Tutorial 10 -- I'll post Shiny apps you created here
14	Wed. April 29	Presentations and feedback [list presenters here]	Handouts
15	Mon., May 4		Due Policy brief

• Presenters and Commenters list posted in pinned email on Piazza
• Finders must
• link a graphic on the sheet by the Wednesday noon following the lecture
• Commenters must
• come prepared with three specific points
• these can be criticisms, appreciations, or suggestions
• criticisms are best paired with suggestions
• Each student is a presenter once and a commenter once