Unit 2: Outcome 1

Data Visualisation

On completion of this unit the student should be able to apply the problem-solving methodology and use appropriate software tools to create data visualisations that meet users' needs.

Key skills:

1. analyse information problems
2. select appropriate sources of data and identify relevant data
3. determine the suitability of different data types and structures for creating visualisations
4. select types of visualisations that are appropriate to the data
5. select and apply appropriate tools to represent the design of the visualisations
6. apply software functions to locate and acquire data that will be input and manipulated
7. use appropriate software tools, and select and apply a range of suitable functions to efficiently develop different types of effective data visualisations
8. select appropriate techniques and apply criteria to determine the extent to which data visualisations meet users' needs.