Big data in the form of immense data sets are not helpful in decision-making without some form of visualization. A picture is worth a thousand words,” definitely rings true in this case. Go to the Free Public Data Sets for Analysis website. Select any data set that is of interest to you and download it. The data set should be saved in .CSV format. Scroll to the bottom of the web page and sign up for a free trial of Tableau. If you are not familiar with Tableau, use the
https://www.tableau.com/learn/articles/free-public-data-sets
video to get a basic introduction so you can apply the concepts to the data set you have downloaded. Use the data set you have selected and create a visualization of the data that can be used to interpret what the data says. Submit your visualization in the form of screenshots and upload them to the assignment area.
