Sept. 12 Day #7

Tips for Covering A Disaster My friends in South Carolina and North Carolina are getting prepared to cover Hurricane Florence, which could be a major disaster (40 inches of rain expected in some places…). Read this checklist on how to prepare for covering such a...

Sept. 10 Day #6

Introduction to Tableau Read Ch. 6, Chapter6TheTruthfulArt –Video http://www.tableau.com/learn/tutorials/on-demand/getting-started Tutorial Dataset for the Tutorial: global-superstore-orders-2016 getting_started_transcript Key Points Import data. Headers have to...

Sept. 5 Day #5

Agenda for Wednesday Sept. 5 Review Readings Review Homework Pivot Tables   Pivot Table Class Exercise Univ of Arkansas, Fayetteville financials 1) Watch Video On Gathering Financials, Pivot Table and Making A Chart   2. Open Adobe Acrobat Pro. 3. Download...

Aug. 29, Day #4

Agenda for Wednesday, August 29 Excel Quiz in Blackboard. 45 minutes max. Pivot Table Exercises. Work on Your Own Once You Finish the Quiz. Class discussion Pivot Tables Calculations and Pivot Tables Introduction to Pivot Tables Follow this NICAR...

Aug 27 Day #3

Agenda for Monday, Aug 27 Review Homework Student Loan Navigator Website Rates and Ratios Excel Exercise on FBI Data Quiz Wednesday on Excel   Homework Due Saturday, 11:59 pm Follow and complete the tasks in the Exericse 2 of the NICAR copurse pack, analyzing...

Aug. 22 Day #2

Wednesday, Aug. 22 Class Agenda Review Homework WordPress Work with crime data New: Office hours: Mondays 12:30 p.m-1:30 p.m., Thursdays, 2 p.m.-3 p.m. or by appointment     Review: Basics and Sorting in Excel United Nations Population Dataset. Work...