LibGuides: TIM-6540 V2: Week 3 Resources

Week 3 Resources

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Data at Work: Best Practices for Creating Effective Charts and Information Graphics in Microsoft Excel
Camoes, J. (2016). Data at Work: Best practices for creating effective charts and information graphics in Microsoft Excel. New Riders, Person Education.
Read Chapter 1. This includes building blocks of data visualization.
A Comparison of Radial and Linear Charts for Visualizing Daily Patterns
Waldner, M., Diehl, A., Gracanin, D., Splechtna, R., Delrieux, C., & Matkovic, K. (2020). A Comparison of Radial and Linear Charts for Visualizing Daily Patterns. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, Visualization and Computer Graphics. Graphics, 26(1), 1033–1042.
Very good article on radial versus linear charts.
Excel Data Analysis. [Electronic Resource]: Your Visual Blueprint for Analyzing Data, Charts, and PivotTables
McFedries, P. (2013). Excel data analysis. [electronic resource]: your visual blueprint for analyzing data, charts, and pivotTables (4th ed.). John Wiley & Sons.
Good review of Excel and data analysis.

Read Chapter 1: Building Formulas for Data Analysis
Read Chapter 3: Enhancing Formulas with Functions
Read Chapter 5: Analyzing Statistical Data
Read Chapter 11: Working with the Analysis ToolPak
Read Chapter 12: Analyzing Data with PivotTables
Storytelling with Data
Knaflic, C. N. (2019). Storytelling with data. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Read Chapter 1. This chapter includes practice exercises and solutions to getting to know your audience, storyboarding, and identifying actions.
Uncovering Unconscious Racial Bias: Lecture Examines Stereotypes and Their Impacts
Frueh, S. (2019, October 16). Uncovering unconscious racial bias: Lecture examines stereotypes and their impacts.
Great article on racial bias, a must read!
How to Create a Quadrant Chart in Excel
How to create a quadrant chart in Excel. (2020, October 8). Automate Excel.
Fantastic resource on how to create quadrant chants in Excel.
Python for Data Science for Dummies
Python for Data Science for Dummies (2nd ed.). (2021). O’Reilly Online Learning.
Read Chapter 1. In this chapter, you will find information on discovering the wonders for data science, exploring how data science works, creating the connection between Python and data science, and getting started with Python.
Ethics and Data Science
Louikides, M., Mason, H., & Patil, D. J. (2018). Ethics in data science. Retrieved from https://learning.oreilly.com/library/view/ethics-and-data/9781492043898/.
Read Chapter 3. This chapter introduces the 5 Cs (consent, clarity, consistency, control (and transparency), and consequences (and harm) of ethical data science practice.
What Does It Mean to Embed Ethics in Data science? An Integrative Approach Based on Microethics and Virtues
Bezuidenhout, L., & Ratti, E. (2020). What does it mean to embed ethics in data science? An integrative approach based on microethics and virtues. AI & SOCIETY: Journal of Knowledge, Culture and Communication, 1.
Interesting read on ethics embedded into data science.
The home of the U.S. Government’s open data
The home of the U.S. Government’s open data. (2021). Retrieved from https://www.data.gov/.
Source for free public data sets.