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Dear Colleagues, The ESRC-funded Consumer Data Research Centre<https://www.cdrc.ac.uk/> at the University of Leeds will be offering the following data visualisation course in May: Explaining Brexit and Trump with Tidy Data Graphics<https://www.cdrc.ac.uk/events/explaining-brexit-trump-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<mailto:[log in to unmask]> 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 Email: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Tel: 0113 3430242 Please visit our website: http://cdrc.ac.uk<http://cdrc.ac.uk/>