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Data Visualization (Data 201)

Data 201
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College of Wooster
College of Wooster
Wooster, Ohio, United States
Moses Luri
Prof.
2
Timeline
  • March 28, 2023
    Experience start
  • February 10, 2023
    Project Scope Meeting
  • May 10, 2023
    Experience end
Experience
1/1 project matches
Dates set by experience
Preferred companies
Anywhere
Any
Any industries
Categories
Data visualization Data analysis Data modelling Market research Data science
Skills
data analytics data visualization consulting synthesizing written storytelling
Learner goals and capabilities

Looking to elevate your organization, and bring it to the next level? Bring on students from the College of Wooster to be your student-consultants, in a project-based experience. Students will work on one main project over the course of the semester, connecting with you as needed with virtual communication tools.

Students in this program/course will learn the foundations of information visualization and sharpen their skills in communicating using data, both individually and as part of a team. Students will use Tableau software to develop both static and interactive data visualizations and dashboards of data obtained from existing sources. Effective storytelling and analysis of visualizations, data ethics, and reproducibility will be discussed in this course.

Learners
Undergraduate
Any level
60 learners
Project
20 hours per learner
Learners self-assign
Teams of 3
Expected outcomes and deliverables

Deliverables are negotiable, and will seek to align the needs of the students and the organization.

Some final project deliverables might include:

  1. A 10-15 minute presentation on key findings and recommendations
  2. A detailed report including their research, analysis, insights and recommendations
  3. A dashboard and short report on analysis, findings and recommendations
Project timeline
  • March 28, 2023
    Experience start
  • February 10, 2023
    Project Scope Meeting
  • May 10, 2023
    Experience end
Project Examples

Students in groups of 3 will work with your company to identify your data visualization needs and provide actionable recommendations, based on their in-depth research and analysis/visualization of your data.

Project activities that students can complete may include, but are not limited to the following:

  • Clean and prepare a company's data set for the summarization and visualization process.
  • Identify and describe numerical and visual methods and techniques best for communicating a company's data set.
  • Explain, orally and in writing, what a data visualization is showing for a given data set.
  • Produce visualizations (univariate, multivariate, interactive, and animated plots and maps), appropriate for different data types and analysis goals, using technology (Tableau).
  • Provide an explanation of why the message portrayed in a visualization might be correct, but also identify possible sources of bias, problems with the analysis or assumptions behind the visualization for a company's data set.
  • Conduct reproducible data analysis using data provided by a company.
  • Identify the source(s) of a data set and discuss the ethical implications of the data collection, dissemination, and analysis.
Companies must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:

Be available for a quick phone/virtual call with the instructor to initiate your relationship and confirm your scope is an appropriate fit for the course.

Provide a dedicated contact person who is available for weekly/bi-weekly drop-ins to address students’ questions as well as periodic messages over the duration of the project.

How is your project relevant to the course?

Provide an opportunity for students to present their work and receive feedback.

Provide relevant information/data as needed for the project.