Sub Committee - Specialization for Curriculum Development
Post Graduate/ Under Graduate
Course Title: Data Visualization
Course Code: T3612
Number of Credits: 4
Level: 3
Learning Objective/Outcome (s):
Visualization is increasingly important in this era where the use of data is growing in
many different fields. Data visualization techniques allow people to use their perception
to better understand this data. The goal of this course is to introduce students to data
visualization including both the principles and techniques. Students will learn the value of
visualization, specific techniques in information visualization and scientific visualization,
and how understand how to best leverage visualization methods. It introduces students
to design principles for creating meaningful displays of quantitative and qualitative data
to facilitate managerial decision-making.
At the end of this course, the student should be able to:
Learn and understand the importance of data visualization.
Learn what is user experience in data visualization and its importance.
Learn about basic and advance chart types used in data visualization.
Learn the psychology of visualization with Gestalt Principles.
Get a solid understanding of how people work in data visualization project.
Pre-learning:
An understanding of basic charting and statistical terms and practices will be
helpful, but not required. Student has knowledge about statistics and data
analysis.
General computer skills and a familiarity with charting tools like Microsoft Excel
are necessary, along with access to the Internet for research and data gathering.
Familiarity with Web technologies and JavaScript is also useful.
Course Outline
Sr. No. Topic Name No. Of
Hrs.
1 What is data? [05]
Categorical and continuous variables; basic operations for
interviewing a dataset; sampling and margins of error;
plotting and summarizing distributions;
basic math; correlation and its pitfalls; exploring differences
between groups; scatter plots and box plots.
levels of measurement; statistical concepts (i.e., normal
distribution, statistical significance, population and sample,
and descriptive and inferential stats
Understanding context of data with respective domain.
2 Data Analysis [10]
Regression modelling, Correlational Analysis, Time Series Analysis ,
3 Data visualization: basic principles [10]
Why visualize data? Encoding data using visual cues;
choosing chart types to show comparisons, composition
(parts of the whole) and connections; using colour effectively;
using chart furniture, minimizing chart junk and highlighting
the story; avoiding pitfalls; good practice, including for
interactive graphics.
The Value of Visualization
4 Interviewing data: Acquiring, cleaning, and formatting data, [05]
exploratory graphical analysis :-
create a wide variety of interactive charts, maps and tables
and organize them into dashboards and stories
5 Data Visualization by Spread Sheet: - [10]
This module covers advanced topics like statistical modelling,
forecasting and prediction, pivot tables and VBA scripting.
6 Web Visualization: - [10]
This module teaches how to use the core web development
technologies (D3.JS, HTML, CSS and JavaScript) to create new
and interactive data visualizations that you can share with
everyone on the web.
7 Manipulating data with R /Python or Making static graphics with R [10]
/python /Orange
Total [60]
Pedagogy
Class Room
Lab Session using open data on data.gov.in
Tutorials
Books Recommended
The Visual Display of Quantitative Information by Edward Tufte
The Functional Art: An Introduction to Information Graphics and Visualization , by
Alberto Cairo
Storytelling With Data: A Data Visualization Guide for Business Professionals by
Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic
Information Dashboard Design by Stephen Few
Data Visualisation with R: 100 Examples by Thomas Rahlf
Data Visualization with JavaScript by Stephen Thomas
Suggested Assessment/ Evaluation Methods
Written Exam
Project Work
Assignments
Lab Exam
Quiz
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