Cal Poly Stat 365: Statistical Communication

Acknowledgements to Sara Stoudt, Amelia McNamara, Beth Chance, and Allan Rossman for their material.

Spring 2024

Syllabus

Mini Projects

• One-number Story
• Data Narrative Visualization
• Build your Resume

Final Team Report

• Project instructions

Booster Conditions

• NYT What's going on in this graph
• Dear Data
• Florence Nightingale: Data Viz Pioneer
• Copy the Masters
• Make your own website
• Tailor Your Cover Letter

Lecture Slides

Week 1 Writing About Data

• Writing About Data

Week 2 Data Descriptions, Asking Questions, and Reproducibility

• Posing Questions
• Data Descriptions

Week 3 Data Journalism

• Data Journalism
• Spreadsheets, Summaries, and Pivot Tables

Week 4 Peer Feedback + Table Design

• Peer Feedback
• Table Design

Week 5 Data Viz Principles and Practices

• Intro to Viz
• Data Viz Design Principles

Week 6 Data Viz Makeover + Reading Research

• Data Viz Makeovers
• How to Read a Research Paper

Week 7 Storyboarding

• Storyboarding

Week 8 Career Week

• Visit from Career Services
• Internships and Online Presence

Week 9/10 Report Writing + Revisions

• Final Group Report
• Revisions

Spring 2023

Syllabus

Mini Projects

• One-number Story
• Copy the Master's
• Build your Resume

Final Technical Report Project

• Project instructions

Booster Conditions

• NYT What's going on in this graph
• Florence Nightingale: Data Viz Pioneer
• Data Dashboard
• Make your own website

Lecture Slides

Week 1

• Writing about data
• Designing a Study

Week 2

• Data Journalism
• Spreadsheets, Summaries, and Pivot Tables

Week 3

• Data Descriptions
• Table Design

Week 4

• Intro to Viz
• Color

Week 5

• Perception and Principles
• Simplification

Week 6

• Reporting Results
• Writing Reports

Week 7

• ADEPT
• Dashboards

Week 8

• Visit from Career Center
• Finding Internships and Online Presence

Week 9

• No class (Memorial Day and USCOTS)

Week 10

• Technical Report Tips