Polls

  • Poll results: What do you use to analyze and/or visualize data?

    September 28, 2010 to Polls  •  Nathan Yau  •  Share on Twitter

    What do you use to visualize data

    A couple of weeks ago I asked what you all use to analyze and visualize data. Here are the results.

    As of writing this, there were 1,112 responses. Thanks for participating, everyone!
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  • Poll: What do you use to analyze and/or visualize data?

    September 7, 2010 to Polls  •  Nathan Yau  •  Share on Twitter

    I asked this same question a couple of years back. I wonder: has the software that people use for visualization and data graphics changed at all? Punch your answer in the poll below. If you select 'other' let us know your tool of choice in the comments.

    P.S. I know many of you use a combination of these. Pick your favorite if that's the case.
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  • Poll: What do you mostly use visualization for?

    March 23, 2010 to Polls, Visualization  •  Nathan Yau  •  Share on Twitter

    We use visualization for a lot of different things, and its purpose varies person-to-person. Some use it to report the news. Others use it purely for analysis and decision-making. Some even use it for artistic expression. What do you use visualization for? Select the answer that best fits you below. If you select "other," let us know what that means in the comments.

    What do you mostly use visualization for?

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  • Poll: Why Do You Read FlowingData?

    October 29, 2009 to Polls  •  Nathan Yau  •  Share on Twitter

    I tend to post a wide array of subjects from the data spectrum, so I know all of you come from different view points and areas of study. Some are in academics, and others are casual readers. Some work with data for a living while others are more about design.

    So why do you read FlowingData? Punch in your answer in the poll below.

    Why do you read FlowingData?

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  • Who’s Going to Win Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest?

    July 2, 2009 to Polls  •  Nathan Yau  •  Share on Twitter

    Winners of Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest

    It's July 4 this weekend. You know what that means, right? It's Independence Day, and really, there's no better way to celebrate than to stuff down as many hot dogs down your throat as you can in ten minutes. Or if that doesn't sound appetizing, you can just enjoy watching the annual Nathan's hot dog eating contest on Coney Island.
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  • Poll: Will Data Always Be Just For Geeks?

    June 10, 2009 to Polls, Statistics  •  Nathan Yau  •  Share on Twitter
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    I threw out a random thought a couple of months back. I tweeted, "Remember when computers used to be just for geeks? Now they're ubiquitous. We can do the same for data."

    To be honest, I was just babbling, but I've been giving it some thought, and you know, now I'm not so sure. There are so many applications popping up every day that promise to socialize data. To make it the YouTube of data. None of them have really taken off though.

    Is it because the visualization tools aren't advanced enough to make data accessible to the common user or is data simply meant to stay in the hands of experts?

    So this begs the question:

    Will Data Always Be Just For Geeks?

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    If yes, what do you think makes data so distant to non-experts? If no, what will it take for non-experts to start interacting with data? Or are they already?

  • POLL RESULTS: What Data-related Area Are You Most Interested In?

    May 22, 2009 to Polls  •  Nathan Yau  •  Share on Twitter

    A couple weeks ago I asked you what data-related area you're most interested in. Thanks to the 831 of you who answered. As I expected, FlowingData readers have a wide array of data-related interests.
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  • POLL: What Data-related Area Are You Most Interested In?

    May 7, 2009 to Polls  •  Nathan Yau  •  Share on Twitter

    It's time for a FlowingData poll. I want to know what data-ish things you're interested in. Design? Statistics? Analytics? Select your answer in the poll below. If you select other, let us know what that other thing is in the comments.

    What data-related area of expertise are you most interested in?

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  • Who Would You Most Want on Your Data Visualization Project? [POLL]

    October 2, 2008 to Polls  •  Nathan Yau  •  Share on Twitter

    Data visualization spans many fields (e.g. computer science, statistics, design) and has many applications (e.g. imagery, analytics, art) as a result of experts from all over doing their thing. Depending on who I'm talking to about visualization, I'll hear certain names over and over again for their respective areas of expertise. For example, I tend to hear Stephen Few a lot for business, but Edward Tufte for design, and then some mix of Tufte and Leland Wilkinson when I'm talking to statisicians.

    OK, so hypothetical situation. You've got a big data visualization project due in two weeks and a mountain of data. You haven't started yet. It's just you and one data visualizer. Who do you choose? If you select "Other" please do leave a comment on who you'd like to work with.

    Who would you most want on your data visualization project?

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  • Will Dark Knight Beat Titanic for Biggest Movie of All Time? [POLL]

    August 1, 2008 to Miscellaneous, Polls  •  Nathan Yau  •  Share on Twitter

    Will <em>Dark Knight</em> Beat <em>Titanic</em> for Biggest Movie of All Time? [POLL]

    Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight, starring Christian Bale and the late Heath Ledger, has been breaking records left and right. After only 10 days, the movie passed the $300 million mark - faster than any move before it. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest was the previous record holder. Pirates did it in 16 days.

    So the next record that everyone's wondering about is -- Will Dark Knight make more than $600 million to beat Titanic as the highest grossing film of all time? So far it's been 12 days and has grossed $333,929,159. Punch your answer in the poll below.

    Will Dark Knight make more money than Titanic domestically?

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    How much do you think Dark Knight will make (domestically)? I say it won't do it -- $525 million tops.

  • What Would You Like to See More of On FlowingData? [POLL]

    June 26, 2008 to Polls  •  Nathan Yau  •  Share on Twitter

    With it being FlowingData's birthday, it seems like a good time to get some input from all of you. FlowingData isn't just a personal blog for me anymore. It's for all the readers too, so I'd love to know what you all are interested in hearing about. If what you'd like to see isn't one of the poll choices below, please do leave a comment.

  • What Do You Use to Analyze and/or Visualize Data? [POLL RESULTS]

    June 9, 2008 to Polls  •  Nathan Yau  •  Share on Twitter

    What Do You Use to Analyze and/or Visualize Data? [POLL RESULTS]

    The most recent FlowingData poll asked what you use to analyze and/or visualize data. Thanks to all 347 of you who participated.

    I was surprised by the percentage of you who mainly use Microsoft Excel, mostly because last month's poll showed a near majority of you in computer science, design, and statistics. Although, R did have a strong showing too. Maybe it's the information scientists and business folks representing for Excel?

  • What Do You Primarily Use to Analyze and/or Visualize Data? [POLL]

    May 19, 2008 to Polls, Software  •  Nathan Yau  •  Share on Twitter

    In elementary school through high school, I always used Microsoft Excel for my charts and graphs (and use it to clean data every now and then). In undergrad, I learned all of my programming in C++ and Java and did a little bit of engineering stuff in MATLAB. When statistics rolled along, I always analyzed data using R.

    Then I got into data visualization, and for a while it was all about Processing. When I interned for The New York Times, I used a lot of Adobe Illustrator (and still really enjoy playing with it). Lately, I've been immersed in Actionscript.

    So what do you use to make sense of data?

    If your weapon of choice isn't listed, I'd be interested to know what your "other" tool is in the comments, because, well, there's always more fun stuff to learn.

    What do you primarily use to analyze and/or visualize data?

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  • What Field of Expertise Do You Study or Work In? [POLL RESULTS]

    May 7, 2008 to Polls  •  Nathan Yau  •  Share on Twitter

    Thank you to everyone who responded to last week's poll: What Field of Expertise Do You Study or Work In? At the time I'm writing this, there were 326 responses. While I knew all of you came from lots of different fields, I was surprised by how diverse this group really is, which made me really happy.

    Here are the results. I tried to extract some of the "Other" responses from the comments and placed them into new categories.
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  • What Field of Expertise Do You Study or Work In? [POLL]

    May 2, 2008 to Polls  •  Nathan Yau  •  Share on Twitter

    People from lots of different fields have emailed me during the course of FlowingData, and I continue to be surprised by the wide reader diversity. So naturally, I'm interested to know what fields all of you study or work in. If you select the Other option, please do leave your "other field" in the comments, or if you are some mix of everything, I'd be interested to hear about that too.

    What field of expertise do you study or work in?

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