https://at-ceu.studyguide.timeedit.net/modules/DNDS6002?type=COREThe Internet and modern computers have given us vast amounts of data, so it is more important than ever to understand and analyze large amounts of information. As additional tools to statistics and analytical computations, visualizations allow us to harness our inherent cognitive skills to detect and understand patterns in complex data, as well as to summarize and communicate new discoveries in an intuitive manner.The major goals of this course are to understand how visual representations can help in the analysis and understanding of complex data, how to distinguish a good from a bad visualization, how to design effective visualizations, and how to create your own visualizations using programming skills and visualization software. We will achieve these goals by evaluating existing visualizations, teaching general theoretical principles of information design, and by walking students through the analysis and visualization of real-world datasets during hands-on classes.