- Data Visualization for Political Research

Catalog description

We are awash in data from all kinds of generating processes. When people vote, data are generated. When members of parliament open their mouths, we have data. Court rulings, polling, protests, passing legislation, raising money – all provide us with data. This course will help you understand political data and what to do with it. That means we will confront all sorts of data, gain techniques to wrangle it, and then explore the wide variety of visualization techniques available. By the end of the course, you will have essential data manipulation skills and have a sizable data visualization toolkit. In addition, you will be able to articulate theories of visualization to explain why you chose certain options and will work toward written communication that is as striking and clear as your data viz.