Welcome to Data Visualization!

Schedule

You can see our topics below. See the assignments linked to the side – if you have any questions, please check in!

Date	Topic (Slides linked)	Readings (complete BEFORE class)	Assignment
6-Jan	Welcome + Grammar of Graphics + RMD files	Ch 2 TA, EG: Ch 13
7-Jan	Looking at data	DV Healy: Ch 1 and DV: Ch 2	A1: analyze (due 14-Jan)
13-Jan	geoms	EG: Ch 14
15-Jan	stats + scales + guides	EG: CH 15
20-Jan	coordinate systems + faceting	EG:16 and EG:17
22-Jan	optimizing color spaces	DV: Ch 4 Opt DIY palette	A2: Refining (due 23-Jan)
27-Jan	themes + axes + annotation	EG: Ch 18 and EG: Ch 8 and DV: Ch 22
29-Jan	visualizing spatial data I	DV: Ch 15& Leaflet
3-Feb	visualizing spatial data II	Accessibility	A3: Maps (due 6-Feb)
5-Feb	Tableau + Dashboards, part I	download Tableau public
10-Feb	Tableau + Dashboards, part II	download Tableau public
12-Feb	text + network data	TM: Ch 1 and EG: Ch 7	A4: Tableau (due 13-Feb)
17-Feb	Shiny, part I	MS: Ch 1 and MS: Ch 3
19-Feb	Shiny, part II	MS: Ch 3 and MS: Ch 7	A5: Shiny (due 27-Feb)
24-Feb	Shiny, part III	DV: Ch 23 and DV: Ch 29 and EG: Ch 8
26-Feb	Plotly	Plotly overview
3-Mar	Websites and tables	download jekyll if desired	Final Proposal (due 4-Mar)
5-Mar	Wrap Shiny, Final Project Prep		project check-in (during class)
11-Mar	Final project due		Final Project (due 11-Mar)

Readings

The Truthful Art by Alberto Cairo (abbreviated TA)
ggplot2: Elegant Graphics for Data Analysis (3e) by Hadley Wickham et al (abbreviated EG): https://ggplot2-book.org/
Data Visualization by Claus O. Wilke (abbreviated DV): https://clauswilke.com/dataviz/
Data Visualization: A practical introduction by Kieran Healy (abbreviated DV Healy): https://socviz.co/
Text mining with R by Silge and Robinson (abbreviated TM): https://www.tidytextmining.com/
Mastering Shiny by Hadley Wickham (abbreviated MS): https://mastering-shiny.org/index.html
Opt denotes optional readings

Prof: Jean Clipperton

Email: clipperton@uchicago.edu
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Last updated on Jan 4, 2026