ETC5523: Communicating With Data

This unit develops teamwork skills, through instruction on reproducibility and version control to conduct collaborative data analysis. These skills are practised in a team setting with a data analysis project.

Learning outcomes

  1. Effectively communicate data analysis, using a blog, reports and presentations
  2. Learn how to build a web app to provide an interactive data analysis
  3. Construct a data story

Teachers

Weekly schedule

  • 2 hour workshop, Wednesdays 4pm-6pm each week
  • 1.5 hour tutorial, one of:
    • Friday 11am-12.30pm
    • Friday 12.30pm-2pm

Consultation

  • Michael Lydeamore:
  • Janith Wanniarachchi: Friday 2.30pm-4pm (Except weeks 3-5)
Week Date Topic Tutorial Reference Assessments
1 22 Jul Basic communication theory and practice Oral Presentations
2 29 Jul Guest lecture: Narrative structure and reporting
3 05 Aug Captivating statistical presentations
4 12 Aug Data storytelling on the web Assignment 1
5 19 Aug Statistical model outputs and data tables
6 26 Aug Effective data visualisation
7 02 Sep Introduction to web technologies and styling Assignment 2
8 09 Sep R packages and documentation
9 16 Sep Communicating data with interactive web apps
23 Sep Mid-semester break
10 30 Sep Automated systems for code communication Assignment 3
11 07 Oct Guest lecture: Communicating risk in a natural disaster
12 14 Oct Course recap
13 21 Oct Assignment 4