Open-Data homework:

The purpose of this exercise is somewhat open-ended. The idea is to take some data and some analysis question from our own work / domain and create use a visual analysis approach to help answer the questions at hand. Also, feel free to use whatever environment you'd like (Tableau, D3, etc.) If you are lost and would like to get some ideas on what you could do, see, e.g., the list of possible projects from the Vis course. What you should hand in is a report that describes:

• Motivation
  • the 'Why': Background information about the problem, tasks, and (potential) users
  • the 'What': Characterization of the data available
• Approach - the 'How'
  • Description of your visualization design
  • Reasons for your design choices
  • including visual encoding as well interaction choices
• Implementation
  • Brief description of how the system was implemented (toolkits, languages, platforms)
  • Any serious implementation challenges you encountered and how you handled them
• Results
  • Scenario(s) of use, including screen shots of the system being used
  • Performance of the system
  • Feedback from the evaluations about the design and functionality of your tool.
• Discussion
  • Strengths and weaknesses of your approach and implementation
  • Lessons you learned
• References

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