Now that you've covered the core concepts for how to visualize data, let's see if we can apply what we've learned!

This exercise will help solidify your understanding of what we've covered in the course. It should take roughly 1-2 hours to complete, depending on how clean the data set is. And you will need access to a data visualization tool such as Excel, Tableau, or PowerBI. If these are not available, you can try GoogleSheets.

1. Take a data set from either your work place (e.g. product sales), your school / classes, or from your daily life (e.g. personal expenses).

2. Come up with 2-3 "business" questions that would bring actionable insight for you (e.g. what would you like to know about your product sales or your personal expenses?).

3. Classify each question as one of the 4 categories of data visualization (comparison, distribution, relationship, composition) and plot the data accordingly. You can use any software you like.

4. Ensure that sufficient context is provided, check that chart clutter is minimized, and share with me what you've produced! I will be happy to comment and provide feedback along with other students on the SkillShare platform.

If you have any questions or need any help with this exercise, feel free to email me at: simplydatadriven@gmail.com and I'd be more than happy to help. (Would also love to hear your feedback about the course and how I can improve my teaching.)

HOWARD HANS FLORES CORTEZ

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