Data Visualization Capstone (Coursera)

This is the final course in the Specialization "Data Visualization and Dashboarding in R." Learners in this course will enter with a well-developed set of skills making a wide variety of visualizations in R. The focus on this course will applying those skills to a unique project, drawing on publicly available data to tell a compelling story using the data visualization toolkit assembled in the previous courses.

Course 5 of 5 in the Data Visualization & Dashboarding with R Specialization.

Syllabus

WEEK 1

Developing Your Eye and Finding Data

In this module, we will review the requirements for the capstone project and some possible souces for data. Then, we have a very fast overview of resources on good data visualization practice.

WEEK 2

Cleaning Your Data

In this module, we will review the requirements for the second component of your capstone project, where you will demonstrate that your data is ready for visualization. Then, we (re)introduce some important tools for cleaning data in R.

WEEK 3

Making Your Report

In this module, you will do one more visualization critique, and the rest of your time in the week should be devoted to finishing your capstone project.