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ERIC Number: EJ1323844
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021
Pages: 6
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1055-3096
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Teaching Case: Analyzing Disney World Wait Time Data--A Lesson in Visualization Using Tableau
DePaolo, Concetta A.; Jacobs, Aimee
Journal of Information Systems Education, v32 n4 p249-252 Fall 2021
We present a case study to teach data visualization with Tableau in an introductory business analytics course. The case uses publicly available data sets from touringplans.com that record wait times for various attractions at Disney World in Orlando, Florida. In the case study, students use Tableau to clean, organize, and analyze wait time data, and to create data visualizations to illustrate how wait times are affected by several variables. Ultimately, students use their results to inform the client, a Disney travel agent, about when wait times are the shortest and longest. The case was piloted in a business analytics course; students reported finding the case study useful and interesting and were largely observed to meet the learning goals of the exercise.
Journal of Information Systems Education. e-mail: editor@jise.org; Web site: http://www.jise.org
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
Audience: Teachers
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers - Location: Florida
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A