Objective: The objective of this assignment is to empower students to find, analyze, and visually communicate insights from a dataset using data visualization. Students will develop their data storytelling skills by creating an interactive dashboard and storyboards, presenting their findings in a comprehensive report. Tableau / Tableau Public is the preferred tool for this report.
This report should be of professional structure between 1300 words (+-10%) excluding references and appendices.
Instructions:
Find Datasets:
Locate and select a dataset of interest. Ensure the dataset is large enough to derive meaningful insights.
Datasets can be sourced from platforms like Kaggle, UCI Machine Learning Repository, data.world, or any other reputable data repository.
Explore and Identify a Story:
Dive into the data to identify an interesting story or trend.
Confirm the story’s validity through exploratory data analysis.
Ensure the story is insightful and can be effectively communicated through visualizations.
Data Visualization (DV):
Use a DV tool to create multiple visuals that effectively convey the identified story.
Utilize different chart types to provide diverse perspectives on the data.
DV should include at least one of each of the 4 types (comparison, distribution, relationship and composition).
Save a links to the published web version and screenshots of the visuals.
Interactive Dashboard:
Integrate the created graphs into an interactive dashboard.
Ensure the dashboard allows users to explore the data and gain insights interactively.
Save a link to the published web version and screenshots of the dashboard.
Storyboard:
Create a storyboard with an insightful story
Ensure the storyboard allows users to explore the data and gain insights.
Save a link to the published web version and a PDF download of the Storyboard.
Video and Audio Recording:
Create a video recording (not exceeding 4 minutes) telling the story as you walk through the storyboard.
In YouTube settings when uploading, under Visibility, select “Unlisted”
Report Writing:
Write a comprehensive professional report in Microsoft Word to accompany your dashboard and storyboard. The report should include:
Executive Summary: A brief summary of the key findings and insights.
Background Information: Provide background / business context about the dataset and the motivation behind choosing it.
Data visuals: Include screenshots of the various visuals created.
Visual analysis: Describe and explain each visual created, especially any notable patterns or trends observed.
Dashboard: Include a screenshot of the dashboard and write a brief summary of dashboard
Storyboard: Include the PDF download of the storyboard (in the submission)
Audio-visual recording: Include the YouTube link of your storyboard walkthrough in the paper.
Conclusion: Write a conclusive section on the report.
Submission Guidelines:
Microsoft Word report with all screenshots and stories.
The Excel dataset used for creating the visuals
The PDF download of the storyboard
Embed YouTube story link to the document (remember video should be unlisted)
Include the Tableau web links to all visuals, dashboard and storyboard.
In Tableau web settings activate “Show viz on profile”, “Show Sheets” and “Allow Access”
Note: You are encouraged to explore datasets related to your interests or areas of study to make the assignment more engaging and relevant to your academic or professional pursuits.