Vis for Journalists Fall 2015 Lab/Assignment 3

Materials

• Further Tableau practice: Work through the Stevens-OCAD tutorial using the Superstore dataset
  • Tableau tutorial #1: Dual axes, Measure Values
  • Tableau tutorial #2: Hierarchy, Calculated Fields
• Color practice and also further Tableau details: Work through the (revised) Stone color demo:
  • revised color demo workbook
  • revised instructions
  • Preferences file

• Pick one dataset from the previous two labs, and experiment with the colors based on the color design principles covered in class.

Writeup

Include a screenshot from the end of each of the two Stevens demos to show that you made it to the end. You are welcome to comment on what you learned, but no reflection for this section is required.

For the datasets where you experimented with color, provide a write-up describing your design choices and your findings.

Note: This assignment is intended to be lighter than the past two, and it will also be weighted less!

Submit a document in PDF format, where your text writeup is illustrated by screenshot images of all of the visualization that you created. An informal style is fine, but correct grammar and spelling are required. Send by email to tmm@cs.ubc.ca by 5pm Fri Oct 9, with subject "JOURN Week 3".