Celebrate International Love Data Week With University Libraries

Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research

International Love Data Week is set for Feb. 13-17, and this year's theme is Data: Agent of Change. What activity ensures greater communication of data for change than visualization? Join the libraries in exploring the basics of data visualization with these free sessions open to all students, faculty and staff. Registration is required. 

Visual Principles for Data Presentation
Noon to 1 p.m. Monday, Feb. 13
How are data visualizations perceived by the viewer, and what can make their meaning more clear? In this virtual workshop, we will look at practices that can improve graphs and charts to wow your audience. 

Selecting the Appropriate Data Visualization
3-4 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 14
At first glance, it may appear that the various types of data graphs and charts can be interchanged; however, specific visualizations are used for specific types of data and purposes. Learn more about how to choose the most effective visualization for your data in this virtual workshop. 

Responsible Use of Data
Noon to 1 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 16
It is very easy to mislead your audience with data visualizations. In this virtual workshop, we will explore how data can be manipulated in unethical ways, considerations that should be made to ensure that your data are represented clearly and appropriately, and proper ways for citing your data.

Simple Data Visualization Using Excel
11 a.m. to noon Friday, Feb. 17 
This hands-on class will be held in MULN 439. Please bring a device with Microsoft Excel available. In this session, we will create data visualizations using Excel and our knowledge of visualization best practices.