Week 2 Reading & Lecture

Please read:

• Visualization Analysis & Design, Chapter 2 “What: Data Abstraction”
• Visualization Analysis & Design, Chapter 3 “Why: Task Abstraction”

Please watch:

• Why Visualize Data? - YouTube (12 min)
  • Slides for Why Visualize Data? - Google Drive
• Inputs for Data Visualization - YouTube (15 min)
  • Slides for Inputs for Visualization - Google Drive

• Tamara Munzner Lecture from 7:30 - 22:22 (15 min)
  • Be sure to focus on the content on attribute types starting at 18:00

• Hans Rosling - The Best Stats You’ve Ever Seen (20 min)
• Udacity - Data Types HT Hans Rosling (3 min)