Lab 09: Tableau

You’ll want to install Tableau Desktop; you can sign up for a free student license. You’ll also want to sign up for a “Tableau Online” account, which you can try out for free.

In this lab, we will get our feet wet with the babynames dataset, and then create a small COVID-19 dashboard in the spirit of Oregon Health Authority’s dashboard.

First, export two specific data sets from R:

library(babynames)
library(covdata)

# Export the relevant data:

write.csv(nytcovcounty, file=...)
write.csv(babynames, file=...)

Then, download county-level population data from the Census Bureau. There are several data sets at this address; I used this one.

Finally, download the daily case counts from the OHA.