The goal of this homework is to experience complex visual analytics, and practice the creation of informal visualizations for analysis and presentation.
Instructions:
This HomeWork is to be executing by the Project teams. Each project team should submit 1 homework solution. All members of the team should collaborate to produce the solution.
Continue the analysis that we started in class, using the same intelligence data. You should combine the FBI and CIA (and Sanctioned Intercepts) data together. Your goal is the develop a hypothesis that answers the who, what, where, and when, and then to present your case with supporting evidence. Make use of visualization as needed to help you in your analysis.
Hand in: (one report per project team)
Hard-copy of your report, containing 3 parts:
- Succinctly state your hypothesis (who, what, where, when) and your level of confidence as you would to the President.
- Present your case, backing it up with the relevant evidence. Make use of visualization to effectively "tell the story" about the suspected terrorist plot.
- Show the various visualizations (or other representations) that you used to help you in your analysis. Briefly describe how each visualization helped (or didn't help) your team.
Include your team name and all team members' names on the report.
Be specific. As always, make it easy to parse. I like structured outlines.