DSAI Course Resources

Visualization

Principles of Data Visualization

A teaching page on what makes a visualization excellent: clear questions, comparisons, graphical integrity, data-ink ratio, uncertainty, and responsible design choices.

Use for introducing chart design and critique.

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Examples

Storytelling With Data (in Stories)

A gallery-style lesson contrasting plain data presentation with story-driven data communication, using memorable external examples and discussion prompts.

Use for live discussion about why some charts stick.

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Storytelling

Storytelling With Data (Theory)

A principle-by-principle guide to turning analysis into a memorable argument: audience, claim, stakes, analytic arc, focus, annotation, and ethical persuasion.

Use before students design their own narrative chart.

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Story Chart

Airline Safety: From Crash Records to Safety Systems

A single-chart storytelling example using airplane crash records, global passenger growth, and plain-language safety milestones such as terrain alarms, crew training, and safety audits.

Use as a worked example of annotations and narrative framing.

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Survey Analysis

GenWise Camp Food Survey Report

A static report from the course survey analysis, comparing groups such as Wizards vs Explorers and other response segments with charts and interpretation notes.

Use for discussing survey data, comparisons, and subgroup analysis.

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Data Skepticism

Detecting Fake Data With Statistical Fingerprints

A mini-project lesson on distribution shape, digit tests, row-order forensics, GRIM checks, Benford's law, and image-duplication clues.

Use for teaching found-vs-expected reasoning and audit evidence.

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This page intentionally lists only static course resources. Interactive tools such as the points dashboard, survey entry app, and regression activities live elsewhere in the Flask app.