March 8 Jour 2013

Independent Analysis “If we cannot do our own independent analysis, we are at the mercy of the PR machine, which has this firepower behind them. There is this absolutely essential need to be able to do independent quantitative analysis based on raw data…So I...

March 7 Class

“A computer lets you make more mistakes faster than any invention in human history, with the possible exceptions of handguns and tequila.” Mitch Ratcliffe March 7 Class Join Tables In Tableau We are going to join the 2014 and 2010 crime tables to track data trends...

March 2 Class

Fun with Old Newspapers, Part 2 Principles of Data Visualization  How to represent your data by Albert Cairo   Read: Dataviz Catalog http://www.datavizcatalogue.com/ FT Visual Vocabulary...

Feb 28 Class

Fun with Old Newspapers, Part 2 Tableau Exercise With Crime Data Topics: —Crime and Dual axis charts —Filtering Chart 1: –Jurisdiction –Population –Total violent crime Look at the scales. which one will overwhelm? How to visualize? Stacked chart Dual...

Feb 23 Class

Dan Kerlin, one of the early figures in the Fayatetteville Mardi Gras Festival. Kerlin is a local musician who founded the Billy Zydeco Band Introduction to Tableau Read Ch. 6, Chapter6TheTruthfulArt –Video...

Feb 21 Class

Where We Have Been So Far: More on how the =vlookup function is useful. Examples end at 2:30 This exercise will involve downloading, cleaning and comparing FBI crime data from 2010-2014 You will use a new command, VLOOKUP, to compare the cities in the two years sop...