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.

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Welcome to STAT 198 Principles of Data Visualization!

Our first meeting will be on Tuesday, Feb. 10 @5-7:30 pm in room Evans 340.

No HW assigned during the first week of class.

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

Demo Slides