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STIC-B540
Visualisation des données et de l'information
Course teacher(s)
Sébastien DE VALERIOLA (Coordinator)ECTS credits
5
Language(s) of instruction
french
Course content
1 Introduction
2 Description of quantitative data
3 Graphic grammar and its implementation
4 Principles of graphic design
5 A graphics toolbox (1)
6 A graphics toolbox (2)
7 Secondary elements of a graph and tables
8 A graphics toolbox (3)
2 Description of quantitative data
3 Graphic grammar and its implementation
4 Principles of graphic design
5 A graphics toolbox (1)
6 A graphics toolbox (2)
7 Secondary elements of a graph and tables
8 A graphics toolbox (3)
Objectives (and/or specific learning outcomes)
- Understand the different types of data that can be viewed.
- Master the elements constituting a graph, their strengths and weaknesses.
- Know the types of graphics available, and how best to use them.
- Be able, based on a set of data and an objective, to choose the visualization that will best convey a message.
- Make the best use of visualization tools to explore a set of data, to understand its essence, the (co-)relationships
- Be able to critically analyze a graph you are confronted with.
- Master the graphing tool studied during the course (ggplot)
Teaching methods and learning activities
- 8 sessions of 3 hours of ex-cathedra courses (to be given via video capsules in 2020-2021 due to the health crisis)
- 3 practical sessions (to be given via Teams in 2020-2021 due to the health crisis)
- a group project to be carried out during the year
Contribution to the teaching profile
For M-JOURR:
CARRYING OUT SCIENTIFIC WORK
- Designing answers
- Collecting, structuring, analyzing and interpreting data and documents
- Format and communicate research results (written and oral expression)
- Develop a clear, precise, structured and well-argued discourse
LEARN TO ACT PROFESSIONALLY
- Implementing scientific expertise
- Demonstrating critical thinking and autonomy
- Implementing the capacities of analysis, synthesis, contextualization, rigor and coherence
CARRYING OUT SCIENTIFIC WORK
- To critically apply what one has learned and to innovate in order to conduct research independently.
- Collects data and documents using appropriate work instruments and submits them to the appropriate department to the criticism of the data and documents collected
- Formulate hypotheses, analyze, structure and interpret data
- Format and communicate research results (written and oral expression)
- Elaborate a clear and constructed discourse, argue and use the scientific language of the discipline
- Implementing scientific expertise :
- Demonstrating critical thinking and autonomy
- Implementing the capacities of analysis, synthesis, contextualization, rigor and coherence.
References, bibliography, and recommended reading
- Cleveland, W. S., Visualizing data, Murray Hill, Hobart Press, 1993 ;
- Tufte, E., The visual display of quantitative information, Cheshire, Graphics Press, 2001 ;
- Ware, C., Information visualization : Perception for design, San Francisco, Morgan Kaufmann (Elsevier), 2004 (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Interactive Technologies, 22) ;
- Few, S., Show me the numbers : Designing tables and graphs to enlighten, Oakland, Analytics Press, 2004.
Course notes
- Université virtuelle
Other information
Contacts
Sébastien de Valeriola
sebastien.de.valeriola@ulb.be
Campus
Solbosch
Evaluation
Method(s) of evaluation
- written examination
- Written report
written examination
Written report
Examen écrit en session, projet de groupe en cours de semestre
Mark calculation method (including weighting of intermediary marks)
First session: in-session exam: 12/20; group draft: 8/20
Second session: in-session exam: 20/20
Language(s) of evaluation
- french