Exercises

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Section Exercises

Example 1.1. Data Visualization Introduction Activity.

Go to the following link, and use the data in the document to create a visualization: https://bit.ly/47BYPhc to an external site.

Rules:

You may not use ALL the data. Choose some that you want to highlight.
You can create your visualization using anything you want. (Draw on paper, use Excel, Desmos, etc.)
I want you to think about how the following two questions:
- What do you notice about the data?
- What do you wonder about the data?

(It’s okay if your visualization doesn’t look perfect! We’ll be talking a lot more about creating visualizations in the coming weeks -- this is just to get started creating something and thinking about what data you want to highlight.)

(Here is a link to the checklist referenced in the document that you can look at if you’d like, but you do not need to: https://bit.ly/45cFilX to an external site.)

Example 1.2. Dow Jones Data.

Open up the file “Dow Jones Industrial Average Historical Data” below: external/sheets/Dow Jones Industrial Average Historical Data.xlsx

Create a graphic depicting the price over time so the viewer can gain some insight into the relationship.

If you finish this, here are some other things you can think about:

Is there a way you could modify your graph that might help the viewer more easily see what is happening?
Think about if there is a different graphic you could create using this dataset that would provide useful insight.
Are there any questions that you have about the data? (Are there any calculations you could do that would give you a better understanding of the data?)

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