This year, we will offer an additional project for the interns to participate in, which they will present to the YCAS group at the end of the program.

Project Outline

We will provide COVID-19 data and you will create dashboards to visualize and present the data. You can use plots that you know how to create, like bar charts, box plots, line plots. You will also learn how to create visualizations on maps. Using dashboards, you can add interactivity such as check boxes or sliders.

Skills needed

learned during program last year

  • importing, cleaning, using data in R
  • creating documents in Rmarkdown
  • ggplot

to learn this year

  • how to plot data on maps
  • how to create a dashboard, using the flexdashboard package
  • how to create interactive and informative graphics, using ggplotly or shiny

optional:

  • host the project on personal website or shiny