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Dear Colleagues,
The ESRC-funded
Consumer Data Research Centre
at the University of Leeds will be offering the following data visualisation course in May:
Explaining Brexit and Trump with Tidy Data Graphics
2nd May 2018 @ 9:30 am -
4:30 pm
Leeds Institute for Data Analytics, University of Leeds
Course Tutor:
Dr
Roger Beecham
2016 was an eventful year. The narrow votes in favour of Brexit in the UK and Trump in the US were a shock to many. You’ve probably heard commentators remark on the underlying causes for why people voted
as they did. A familiar caricature is of blue collar disaffection (Leave and Trump) versus liberal, metropolitan values and relative affluence (Remain and Clinton). But is this true of the entirety of the UK and US?
In this workshop you'll analyse datasets describing UK Local Authority and US county voting behaviour alongside key area-level socio-demographic variables. You'll compare and evaluate the extent
to which those demographics explain area-level variation in the vote. Importantly, you'll explore whether explanations vary for different parts of the UK and US. You'll do so by developing a family of data graphics (in R) that together reveal a data story
behind the vote.
Please click on the title or see the attached poster for more information on content and how to book.
Please email
Kylie Norman for further information
or if you are booking using an internal account.
Best Wishes,
Kylie
Kylie Norman
Administrative Assistant
Consumer Data Research Centre (CDRC)
Leeds Institute for Data Analytics (LIDA)
Level 11, Worsley Building
University of Leeds
LS2 9JT
Tel:
0113 3430242
Please visit our website:
http://cdrc.ac.uk