2. Ethics and Principles of Visualizations for Effective Communications

Topics and Notes

1. Presentation formats in RMarkdown R PRESENTATION FORMATS
• a. PPT - our old friend! RMD PPT PDF YAML
• b. Beamer - a LaTex-base PDF presentation: RMD PDF WCU LOGO STYLE.txt YAML THEMES
• c. slidy - HTML based presentation: RMD CUSTOM CSS HTML YAML
• c. ioslidy - HHTML based presentation: RMD CUSTOM CSS HTML YAML
2. RMarkdown Presentation Template: Ninja Presentation
• a. Default Ninja Themed Presentation: xaringanthemer package is needed. OFFICIAL WEBPAGE RMD CSS HTML YAML
• b. My Modified Ninja Themed Presentation: xaringanthemer package is needed. RMD CSS HTML YAML
3. Foundations of Data Visualization BEAMER SLIDES RMD SOURCE STYLE FILE
• Principles of data visualization
• Building blocks of data visualization: Marks and Channels
• Design elements in visualizations: visual encoding and color scheme
• Strategies for making good visualization
4. Ethics of data visualization BEAMER SLIDES RMD SOURCE STYLE FILE

Assignments

• Choose a data set from DATA SITE or from other sources to perform a simple linear regression analysis and summarize your results in an HTML presentation with about 10 slides. The specific requirements are
• a. Choose one of the HTML presentation templates.
• b. The title slide should have a descriptive and informative title.
• c. A agenda (TOC) slide.
• d. A few content slides (both tables and figures are expected to be included).
• e. A conlusion silde.
• Submission Requirements: Due Wednesday, 11:30 PM
• a. Publish your presentation on RPubs.
• b. Add the URL of your presentation to your online CV you created last week.
• c. Submit the URL of your online CV and the RMD source code to the D2L drop box.