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Data Wrangling and Visualization

Author

Prof. Jack Reilly

Published

Fall 2026

Hello and welcome to the content page for our course. Readings, guides, and assignments are posted here by week.

Note that, while you can find assignments here, submission of assignments themselves goes through GitHub or the course blackboard, depending on the assignment.

NoteAssignments are drafts until the week before they’re due

All assignments are posted in draft form and may change. Each assignment is finalized by Tuesday of the week before it is due β€” so, for example, the assignment due Week 3 is finalized on Tuesday of Week 2.

Week Module Assignment Due
Preliminaries β€”
1 Introduction 1: Welcome to R
2 Your Computer 2: Basic Data
3 File Management 3: Data Notebooks
4 Data, A Field Guide 4: Version Control
5 Data Manipulation 5: Tidy Data
6 Data Visualization I 6: The GSS
7 Data Visualization II 7: The ANES
8 Core Exam Core Exam (in class)
9 Data Retrieval Practicum 1
10 Social Networks 8: Policy Agendas
11 Cartography 9: Social Networks
12 Geographic Data 10: Maps Maps Maps
13 Grab Bag! Practicum 2
14 Final Projects Bonus: City Maps
F Finals Week Final Project