Week 4
Statistics: Storytelling using Data
In this week's lecture, we will:- look at works which rely on statistical information to tell
a story and create meaning
- read large sets of data from external files using Processing
- review program structure and working with classes
- learn a new syntax for working with ArrayList objects
- David McCandless (TED talk)
- War casualties: The Guardian, USA Today and CNN
- Caleb Larsen - Monument
- Chris Jordan (TED talk)
- Golan Levin - Secret Lives of Numbers
- Abigail Reynods - Mount Fear
- Natalie Miebach - Weather Baskets
Workshop - Working with Data Files
Get this week's Processing code examplesGeographic data: coast.csv, rivers.csv
Source: http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg_coastline
The loadStrings function in Processing
Wikipedia on CVS files
Reminders
Make sure you have a partner for the midterm project.Take a look at the reading posted for this week.