Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
Computer Science and Mathematics
Learning Methods
Lecture
Practical
Module Offerings
5125COMP-JAN-CTY
Aims
To develop critical awareness of the effective presentation of results/data
To develop the skills to produce effective data presentations to highlight the unique properties of specific data sets
Learning Outcomes
1.
Compare and contrast appropriate approaches to the presentation of data/results.
2.
Appraise appropriate means for pre-processing data for presentation.
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:Outline Syllabus
Understanding visual perception
Limits of short-term memory
Visually encoding data for rapid perception
Gestalt principles of visual perception
Seven stages of the data visualisation process
Acquire
Parse
Filter
Mine
Represent
Refine
Interact
Chart Types
Time series
Mapping geographical data
Connections and correlations
Scatterplot Maps
Trees, Hierarchies and Recursion
Networks and Graphs
Design Guidelines
Interactivity
Highlighting
Filters
Hyperlinking
Sizing
Scrollbars
Fitting views
Information Dashboard Design
Infographics
Case studies in data visualisation
Module Overview:
To develop critical awareness of the effective presentation of results/data To develop the skills to produce effective data presentations to highlight the unique properties of specific data sets This is a practical module that generates effective data visualizations rather than presenting static images, thus developing real hands-on experience of data visualisation.
To develop critical awareness of the effective presentation of results/data To develop the skills to produce effective data presentations to highlight the unique properties of specific data sets This is a practical module that generates effective data visualizations rather than presenting static images, thus developing real hands-on experience of data visualisation.
Additional Information:This is a practical module that generates effective data visualizations rather than presenting static images, thus developing real hands-on experience of data visualisation.