Writing Assignment [due 4/3]
- 1. Read/complete the assigned chapters for Virginia Eubanks' Automating Inequality (Ch. 4-5, Conclusion). Compose a page of single spaced notes that identify key terms, arguments, themes or methods that strike you as useful for translations across fields/sectors/or disciplines, and are worthy of further discussion.
- 1a. At the end of your notes, be sure to articulate Two Key Questions that extend insights or tensions that emerge from the text.
Tableau Workshop Prep:
- 2. Prior to the workshop, create a Tableau Public user account, and install Tableau Public on your laptop. Both can be done from https://public.tableau.com/s/
3a) Watch Tableau training videos so you have a little understanding of the tool before exploring it in the workshop.
a. Navigate to https://public.tableau.com/en-
us/s/resources b. At minimum, watch video 1. Tableau Public Overview (7:10)
c. If you have time, the following videos are also recommended:
· 2. Connecting to Excel and Text Files (4:32)
· 7. Data Preparation – The Data Interpreter (4:29)
· 8. Data Preparation – Pivoting your Data (4:54)
· 9. Data Preparation – Splitting your Data (2:26)
· 10. Data Preparation – Joins and Unions (6:28)
· 12. Using the Show Me Tool Bar (4:15)
· 13. Understanding the Logic of Charts (5:05)
· 20. Publishing and Embedding Vizzes (4:01)
3. Email me your reading/writing assignment link (asaychan@gmail.com) by 9A Wednesday 4/3.
Shapefile for use in Tableau
Datsets of use:
Police Incidents Since 1988
Nuisance Complaints
Community Development Permits Issued