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Final Poster Presentation

This course will conclude with a student poster presentation during the two-hour final exam time. Each of you will present two posters.

Poster A: Visualization of Your Data

The goal of this semester-long activity is to learn to collect primary data firsthand, analyze it, glean insights from the data, and present the visualizations and your story.

Requirements:

1. You must collect data daily. To be eligible to receive full points, you should have data for at least 80% of the days.
2. The data has to be about you or something that you are SUPER passionate about.

Example project 1: I will take pictures of every food I eat throughout the semester. At the end of the semester, I will visualize the calories I ate, the timing of eating, the location where I ate, etc. all in my final poster presentation. I am interested in this project because …

Example project 2: I will take a log of every person I meet every day. I will log how long I was with the person, where was I, and what I was doing. At the end of the semester, I will visualize the types of people I met, the timing, the location, etc. all in my final poster presentation. I am interested in this project because …

Poster B: Improving a UMSL Scholar’s Data Graphics