Principles of Data Visualization
STAT 198, Spring 2026
This is the website for the Spring-2026 DeCal course Principles of Data Visualization at UC Berkeley.
Calendar
Tentative calendar subject to change.
| Week | Content | HW |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1) Welcome and Introduction | none |
| 2 | 2) R Basics 1 - GG | none |
| 3 | 3) R Basics 2 - Data Types and Data Cleaning | HW 1 |
| 4 | 4) R Basics 3 - EDA and ggplot2 | Finish class activity |
| 5 | 5) Color 1 - Quiz and RGB Model | Quiz 1 |
| 6 | 6) Color 2 - Use of Color | HW 2 |
| 7 | 7) Color 3 - Design Considerations | Quiz 2 |
| 8 | 8) Spatial Data 1 | HW 3 |
| 9 | 9) Spatial Data 2 | HW 4 |
| 10 | 10) Final Project Prep 1 - NYT Graphs | Quiz 3 |
| 11 | 11) Final Project Prep 2 - Dashboards | Project |
| 12 | 12) Final Project Presentations | Project |