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Data Visualization & Visual Analytics (elective) (WP)*

Niveau

English version available soon

Learning outcomes of the courses/module

The following learning outcomes are developed in the course:

- Students will have basic knowledge of data visualization and visual communication.
- Students can develop visualizations independently and use them for communication purposes.
- Students can work with different presentation tools and presentation libraries to present data and analysis results in a meaningful way.

Prerequisites for the course

English version available soon

Course content

The following content is discussed in the course:

- Evaluation tools with visual orientation, e.g. Bl tools such as MS PowerBl, Tableau, QlikView
- Display libraries, e.g. matplotlib. pyplot, gglot2
- Rules of visual communication, e.g. Hichert SUCCESSSS

Recommended specialist literature

PRIMARY LITERATURE:
- Chang, W. (2013): R Graphics Cookbook: Practical Recipes for Visualizing Data (Ed. 1), O'Reilly, Farnham (ISBN: 978-1449316952)
- Chen, C.; Härdle, W. K.; Unwin, A. (2008): Handbook of Data Visualization (Ed. 1), Springer, Berlin (ISBN: 978-3-662-50074-3)

SECONDARY LITERATURE:
- Dale, K. (2016): Data Visualization with Python and Javascript: Scrape, Clean, Explore & Transform Your Data (Ed. 1), O'Reilly, Farnham (ISBN: 978-1491920510)
- Murray, S. (2017): Interactive Data Visualization for the Web: An Introduction to Designing with D3 (Ed. 2), O'Reilly, Farnham (ISBN: 978-1491921289)

Assessment methods and criteria

seminar thesis or written exam

Language

English

Number of ECTS credits awarded

4

Share of e-learning in %

15

Semester hours per week

2.0

Planned teaching and learning method

The following methods are used:

- Lecture with discussion
- Interactive workshop
- Case studies

Semester/trimester in which the course/module is offered

3

Name of lecturer

Prof. (FH) Dr. Michael Kohlegger

Academic year

Key figure of the course/module

WPF.6

Type of course/module

integrated lecture

Type of course

Compulsory elective

Internship(s)