Comments on: One Death is a Tragedy; a Million is a Statistic http://flowingdata.com/2009/01/09/one-death-is-a-tragedy-a-million-is-a-statistic/ Strength in Numbers Sun, 12 Feb 2012 04:57:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Lab Book Club: Journalists as goods » Nieman Journalism Lab » Pushing to the Future of Journalism http://flowingdata.com/2009/01/09/one-death-is-a-tragedy-a-million-is-a-statistic/#comment-24645 Lab Book Club: Journalists as goods » Nieman Journalism Lab » Pushing to the Future of Journalism Tue, 03 Mar 2009 13:20:06 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=1295#comment-24645 [...] the old Stalin line? — not that I thought I’d be quoting Stalin here, but — one death is a tragedy, a million deaths is a statistic. I thought it would have been the [...] [...] the old Stalin line? — not that I thought I’d be quoting Stalin here, but — one death is a tragedy, a million deaths is a statistic. I thought it would have been the [...]

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]]> By: IT Security » Blog Archive » 2.6 Million Jobs Lost…The Meaning Behind The Stats http://flowingdata.com/2009/01/09/one-death-is-a-tragedy-a-million-is-a-statistic/#comment-22724 IT Security » Blog Archive » 2.6 Million Jobs Lost…The Meaning Behind The Stats Wed, 14 Jan 2009 19:10:27 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=1295#comment-22724 [...] at Flowing Data recently had this to say about statistics: This reminded me of Joseph Stalin’s well known [...] [...] at Flowing Data recently had this to say about statistics: This reminded me of Joseph Stalin’s well known [...]

]]> By: Jess Sand http://flowingdata.com/2009/01/09/one-death-is-a-tragedy-a-million-is-a-statistic/#comment-22637 Jess Sand Mon, 12 Jan 2009 22:19:00 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=1295#comment-22637 Nathan— I'm looking forward to your thoughts on this article I've just written; I think it's coming out in the next issue of HOW Design (possibly the one after). In it, I talk about this very thing: that how we present data directly impacts the meaning of that data and, in an age of increased visual literacy and dependency, info designers have a significant responsibility to consider how they use their visual toolkit to do this. The article will likely tread familiar ground for many of your readers, but hopefully it will bring home the point that info designers have more control over audience's reaction to data than they may realize. Nathan—

I’m looking forward to your thoughts on this article I’ve just written; I think it’s coming out in the next issue of HOW Design (possibly the one after). In it, I talk about this very thing: that how we present data directly impacts the meaning of that data and, in an age of increased visual literacy and dependency, info designers have a significant responsibility to consider how they use their visual toolkit to do this.

The article will likely tread familiar ground for many of your readers, but hopefully it will bring home the point that info designers have more control over audience’s reaction to data than they may realize.

]]> By: Nathan Yau http://flowingdata.com/2009/01/09/one-death-is-a-tragedy-a-million-is-a-statistic/#comment-22608 Nathan Yau Sun, 11 Jan 2009 23:23:00 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=1295#comment-22608 @emily - definitely @emily – definitely

]]> By: emily http://flowingdata.com/2009/01/09/one-death-is-a-tragedy-a-million-is-a-statistic/#comment-22556 emily Sat, 10 Jan 2009 01:10:02 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=1295#comment-22556 well said, Nathan. though it can still be useful to treat one million tragedies as a statistic well said, Nathan. though it can still be useful to treat one million tragedies as a statistic

]]> By: Stephen Lark http://flowingdata.com/2009/01/09/one-death-is-a-tragedy-a-million-is-a-statistic/#comment-22553 Stephen Lark Fri, 09 Jan 2009 23:27:20 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=1295#comment-22553 third time lucky :-P I posted an entry on my blog making reference to this blog post: the map is not the territory http://integraldiagrams.blogspot.com/2009/01/map-is-not-territory.html third time lucky :-P

I posted an entry on my blog making reference to this blog post:

the map is not the territory http://integraldiagrams.blogsp.....itory.html

]]> By: Stephen Lark http://flowingdata.com/2009/01/09/one-death-is-a-tragedy-a-million-is-a-statistic/#comment-22552 Stephen Lark Fri, 09 Jan 2009 23:25:22 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=1295#comment-22552 fixed link: I posted an entry on my blog making reference to this blog post: <a href="http://integraldiagrams.blogspot.com/2009/01/map-is-not-territory.html" rel="nofollow">the map is not the territory</a> fixed link:

I posted an entry on my blog making reference to this blog post:

the map is not the territory

]]> By: Stephen Lark http://flowingdata.com/2009/01/09/one-death-is-a-tragedy-a-million-is-a-statistic/#comment-22551 Stephen Lark Fri, 09 Jan 2009 23:24:23 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=1295#comment-22551 I posted an entry on my blog making reference to this blog post: <a href="http://integraldiagrams.blogspot.com/2009/01/map-is-not-territory.html"the map is not the territory</a> I posted an entry on my blog making reference to this blog post:

<a href=”http://integraldiagrams.blogspot.com/2009/01/map-is-not-territory.html”the map is not the territory

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