1) Surrounded by Graphics

๐Ÿ“‹ About

In this unit, we review an assortment of data visualizations that we may get exposed toโ€”almostโ€”on a daily basis.

Weโ€™ll describe the type of graphics, introduce some basic vocabulary, talk about the types of variables visually encoded. Also, youโ€™ll have the opportunity to look for a handful of data visualizations about your data.


๐ŸŽฏ Objectives

At the end of this unit you will be able to:

  • Familiarize yourself with the vocabulary of graphical elements (e.g. geoms, labels, annotations, grid lines, axes, tick marks, facets, etc).

  • Think about the structure of a hypothetical data table behind a given graphic.

  • Identify the type of variable(s) visually encoded in a graphic (e.g. quantitative, qualitative).


๐ŸŒ  Slides

Basic examples, graphics vocabulary (google slides)


๐Ÿ’ป Code

Getting started with "ggplot2"

  • qmd notebook file
  • html file


๐Ÿ“– Assignment

HW 1

Reading: The Age That Women Have Babies: How a Gap Divides America by Quoctrung Bui and Claire Cain Miller (Aug-4, 2018, New York Times)

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/08/04/upshot/up-birth-age-gap.html