February 21st, 2020, 9am – 1pm, 1430 ISR Thompson (online via Blue Jeans)
PDHP kicks off our 2020 workshop series on Feb. 21st, with a workshop entitled Evidence-Based Data Visualization, presented by Dr. Audrey Michal of the Michigan Department of Psychology. This half-day workshop will provide a general introduction to data visualization techniques, while introducing a unique evidence-based approach to data viz design (based on Dr. Michal’s research on visual routines in graph comprehension and interpretation), and different data visualization strategies for data exploration versus data explanation. Attendees will also get hands-on practice creating different types of data visualizations with R software, using GGPlot2 and other state-of-the-art R packages. As always, this workshop is free and open to the public.
Topics include:
- Introduction to data visualization and principles of data viz design
- Evidence-based practices for data viz (from Dr. Michal’s research on graph interpretation)
- Data viz strategies for data exploration vs. explanation
- Hands-on practice creating different types of data visualizations using R’s GGPlot2 package.
