Abstract
This case introduces students to visualizing accounting data in Tableau. In it, students import data, conduct basic data cleaning, answer client queries, and create visualizations, including dashboards and storyboards. From the case, students learn basic data cleaning and visualization skills. In its final phase, they also learn critical thinking skills from analyzing a business case and creating a dashboard and storyboard to support business decision making. They experience first-hand the exciting processes of understanding, performing, and communicating professional data analytics work. Undergraduate or graduate accounting students who have completed an introductory accounting class will benefit from the case. Evidence from applications suggests that the case is relevant, interesting, and useful for the goal of teaching introductory data visualization skills, using Tableau, to accounting students. The case is easy to implement, authentic, engaging, and a timely instructional resource for accounting instructors and students.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 21-31 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Journal | Journal of Emerging Technologies in Accounting |
Volume | 17 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2020 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2020, American Accounting Association. All rights reserved.
Funding
For valuable comments and suggestions, we thank our students at the University of Kentucky and the University of Wisconsin–Madison, and workshop participants at the 2018 AIS Educator’s Conference and the 2019 AIS and SET Midyear Meeting participants. Thanks also to Scott Wilton for help in preparing the initial draft and to the University of Kentucky, the Gatton College of Business, the Von Allmen School of Accountancy, and the University of Wisconsin–Madison for financial support that enabled the creation of this case. For valuable comments and suggestions, we thank our students at the University of Kentucky and the University of Wisconsin?Madison, and workshop participants at the 2018 AIS Educator?s Conference and the 2019 AIS and SET Midyear Meeting participants. Thanks also to Scott Wilton for help in preparing the initial draft and to the University of Kentucky, the Gatton College of Business, the Von Allmen School of Accountancy, and the University of Wisconsin?Madison for financial support that enabled the creation of this case.
Funders | Funder number |
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Gatton College of Business/Economics | |
University of Wisconsin-Madison | |
University of Wisconsin-Madison | |
Von Allmen School of Accountancy | |
University of Kentucky |
Keywords
- Dashboards
- Data analytics
- Data visualization
- Tableau
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Accounting
- Computer Science Applications