Data Visualization Course

The purpose of this course, “Discussion and Practical Application of Data Visualization Best Practices using Survey Data”, is to present best practices for creating graphics from survey data and provide guidance for developing a critical eye that will allow attendees to best evaluate data visualizations for quality and accuracy. This course will demonstrate how good data visualization can be used to explore relationships in survey data, and produce visual displays that enhance project reports and presentations. Attendees will be able to recognize common graphics discussed.

Please register online.

Presenters:

Edward Mulrow is an Accredited Professional Statistician™ and Fellow of the American Statistical Association (ASA), and is the 2019 Joint Statistical Meetings Program Chair for the ASA Section on Statistical Graphics. He has over 30 years of statistical consulting experience and has organized data visualization workshops and seminars that provided training, in-person consultation and strategies for communicating statistical analyses in a visual way. Nola du Toit uses her experience as Research Methodologist to inform and create infographic reports and data visualizations. Her activities covers the entire information visualization process, including data measurement and conceptualization, user understanding and interpretation and design principles.

This event is sponsored by the Odum Institute.

Please contact Jill Stevens with any questions.