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{
  "name": "NCSU Data Visualization Workshops",
  "tagline": "Materials for data viz workshop",
  "body": "#Data Visualization Workshop Series\r\n#NCSU Libraries \r\n\r\n##Getting Started with Data Visualization I\r\n\r\nIn this introductory workshop to data visualization, participants will gain an understanding of the process for making good visualizations and practice with two tools, Tableau and Raw.\r\n \r\n##Getting Started with Data Visualization II  \r\n\r\nIn this workshop, participants will have the opportunity to strengthen your understanding of the process for making good visualizations, review core design concepts, learn about various chart types and their best case uses. Participants will also practice doing a visualization ìmake over.î\r\n\r\n##[Tableau I](https://github.ncsu.edu/ablaine/datavizworkshops/tree/master/Tableau_1)\r\n\r\nTableau is a free data visualization software. In this introductory workshop to Tableau, participants will learn how to upload a dataset to Tableau, learn about the visualization types available in Tableau, \r\ncreate multiple visualizations and a dashboard including a bar chart, map, line chart, and tree map. You will also learn how to publish a visualization. \r\n\r\n##[Tableau II](https://github.ncsu.edu/ablaine/datavizworkshops/tree/master/Tableau_2)\r\n\r\nIn this more advanced Tableau workshop, participants will learn more advanced visualization techniques such as filtering, creating and using sets, using multiple measures, selected highlighting, quick table calculatioons, dual axis charts, combination charts, and story points. \r\n\r\n\r\n##Data Cleaning with Open Refine\r\n\r\nOpen Refine is a free, open source tool that makes it easy to clean and transform large data sets. This workshop will introduce you to how to clean your data to remove problematic characters, whitespaces, symbols, errors, missing elements and inconsistencies. \r\n\r\n##Infographics\r\n\r\nIn this workshop, participants will explore the difference between infographics and data visualization, learn best practices for infographic design, and practice building an infographic with PiktoChart. \r\n\r\n##Web Mapping with Carto\r\n\r\nCarto is a free web mapping tool. Participants will learn how to make interactive maps, including maps with multiple layers, using various types of data.\r\n\r\n##R for Absolute Beginners \r\n\r\nThis is an introduction to R, a statistical computing software, for participants who have had little or no prior experience with coding. \r\n\r\n###Page Contributors\r\nAlison Blaine (@ablaine), Natalia Lopez (@nlopez), Jennifer Garrett (@jigarret)\r\n\r\n###Contact\r\nContact [Alison Blaine](mailto:ablaine@ncsu.edu) or [Jennifer Garrett](mailto:jigarret@ncsu.edu)",
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