The document outlines the requirements for a final paper that is 4000 words due on May 14. It includes the following sections: 1) An introduction of 500 words that presents the topic, research questions, and thesis. 2) A methods section of 1500 words describing the research design and data collection strategies used to answer the questions and advance the thesis. 3) A data and results section of 1000 words presenting what was yielded from data collection. 4) An analysis/discussion section of 500 words discussing what the data means. 5) A conclusions section of 500 words summarizing the argument and main findings.

1. Final Paper (4000 Words); due May 14
A. Introduction: present your topic, questions,
500 Words
thesis and theoretical discussion
B. Methods: present your research design
discussing how it is that the data collection
strategies you deploy will answer your
1500
questions and advance your thesis. You may
include data collection tools that you used
during data collection as appendices.
C. Data and Results: present what your collection
1000
yielded
D. Analysis/Discussion: discuss what your data
500
means
E. Conclusions: Summarize your argument and
500
state your main conclusions/findings.

2. Presenting Data
• Data Visualization vs. Infographics
– Garbage in, Garbage out
• Fry’s Seven Stages of Data • Tufte’s Rules
– Acquire – Show the data
– Parse – Be accurate
– Filter – Make large datasets
– Mine coherent
– Represent – Serve a clear purpose
– Refine – Reveal different levels
– (Interact) – Encourage for ‘reading’
http://flowingdata.com/ http://junkcharts.typepad.com/junk_charts/

3. UN HDR 2010

4. UN HDR 2010

5. http://www.gapminder.org/

6. Flash Visualizations
• http://www.gapminder.org/
• http://projects.flowingdata.com/walmart/

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13. GPIA Concentration
Response Response
Answer Options
Percent Count
Cities and Urbanization 0.0% 0
Conflict and Security 13.0% 3
Development 21.7% 5
Governance and Rights 39.1% 9
Media and Culture 30.4% 7
Milano 0.0% 0 GPIA Concentration
answered question 23
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GPIA Concentration
Conflict and Security
Milano
Urbanization
Development
Media and Culture
Governance and
Cities and
Rights
Cities and Urbanization
Conflict and Security
Development
Governance and Rights
Media and Culture
Milano

15. www.tagxedo.com