- Data visualization principles

- Becoming familiar with Tableau's user interface

- How to work with data columns

- How to make basic charts

- Create effective dashboards

- Build interactive graphs that make it easy to explore and understand your data

The dataset used in this workshop was provided by DHEC, and is published at the bottom of this page:

County-Level Information. Contains data for each County in SC regarding opioids deaths, prescriptions, and infectious disease.

Detailed information about these datasets can be found in this report.

The software package for this session is:

- Tableau Desktop 2021. You can download a free 14-day trial here. Follow the three steps detailed on the download page:

1. Download 2. Install 3. Register

In this session we want to explore, analyze, and visualize trends in opioid overdose deaths. We also want to look at geographic distributions and relationships with other variables such as opioids prescriptions.