Purpose:
- apply what you have learned in class to a real-world problem
- must use an interactive + visual + analytics approach
Tasks: groups of are 0K  find a real dataset & challenge that interests you  determine what aspects you would like to analyze and how Possible data sources:
- use the same or different sources you used for your project
Deadlines:
- April 16: project proposal (4 pp.): background, problem, approach May 19: deadline for all deliverables
- Medium blog on your project (ongoing, keep adding to it as time goes on)
- at the end, create a single poster slide with all highlights & video on youtube
Tie your project to something people really care about (from here)  safety, from abuse, violence, coercion, threats, etc.  health care  nutrition, including variety and quantity in food and beverages  housing  employment/jobs  wealth  education, including accessibility, quality, quantity  liberty/freedom/limits … do things, have things, say things, move  democracy, to participate in making policy and laws  justice (laws/rules), including “fairness”  mobility, to travel, move about, get to places, meet  environment – beauty, art, air, water, weather, scenery, open space, quiet  entertainment and community, for socializing and fun
Mine the web for data that tie with yours via some shared attribute
Alternative to the visual data science projects
Make a proposal for a project that:
- uses visual analytics within a wider application
- uses visual analytics to address a specific problem
- uses visualization for better data understanding creates a new visual analytics tool interactive single-screen dashboard that uses linked brushing  no scrolling, all elements must be visible at all times
- optional: develop a new theory/algorithm/method for visual analytics
Use a good mix of standard and non-standard visualizations  standard: bar chart, pie chart, line plot, scatter plot, scatterplot matrix  non-standard: MDS, PCA, MCA, parallel coordinates, and others
