Visual Communication of Quantitative Information

Lectures (Spring 2007)

MWF 1:10-2:00pm Pearson 1105

Instructors - Contact information and office hours

Heike Hofmann, Snedecor 122, 4-8948, hofmann@iastate.edu , M 2-4pm

Dianne Cook, Snedecor 325, 4-8865, dicook@iastate.edu , MWF 11am-noon

Charlie Kostelnick, 201 Ross, 4-4455, chkostel@iastate.edu , W 2-4pm

Course website

http://www.stat.iastate.edu/stat332 , and WebCT

Syllabus

Textbook

Spence, R. (2001) Information Visualization, Addison-Wesley, Harlow, England, ISBN 0-201-59626-1

Objectives

This course will help prepare students to be active citizens in the information technology age. Students will develop critical thinking skills about how information is visually presented, and they will learn how to accurately and attractively communicate quantitative information using graphics. At the end of the course students will:

know about important historical and contemporary examples,

know about and how to implement the elements of graphical design,

be able to evaluate visual presentations of information in the media, and

be able to use the computer to generate graphics to communicate information effectively.