Statistical Visualization

Finding patterns, distributions, and anomalies.

Mortality in the news vs. what we usually die from

Statistical Visualization / mortality, news, Our World in Data

Our World in Data compared causes of death in the United States against…
Passed peak social media, maybe

Statistical Visualization / Financial Times, John Burn-Murdoch, social media

As we descend towards slop-based social media, where the videos are fake and…
Getting more news from the TikTok

Statistical Visualization / Pew Research, social media, TikTok

Pew Research surveyed U.S. adults about news consumption on social media and found…
Length of government funding gaps

Statistical Visualization / funding, government, NBC News, shutdown

The government shutdown of 2025 begins. Here is a quick table by Nigel…
Government shutdowns and disagreements in federal funding

Statistical Visualization / funding, government, Lazaro Gamio, New York Times

As one might expect, Congress is having trouble figuring out how to fund…
More wildfire smoke, pollution, and days

Statistical Visualization / pollution, smoke, Washington Post, wildfire

The wildfires keep coming, and the smoke pollution keeps filling the air. It…
Chartle, a daily guessing game with charts

Statistical Visualization / Adnaan Jiwa, Chartle, Erwan Rivault, game, Wordle

Chartle, by Erwan Rivault and Adnaan Jiwa, is a game to test and/or…
Getting more difficult to find a job

Statistical Visualization / layoffs, unemployment, Washington Post, work

For the Washington Post, Taylor Telford, Jaclyn Peiser, and Federica Cocco report on…
Seeking dividends over long-term investment

Statistical Visualization / Bloomberg, dividend, investments

There is a growing trend among investors to put money in places with…
Fourier transform history in mathematics

Statistical Visualization / Fourier Transform, James Cooley, Jean-Baptiste Joseph Fourier, John Tukey, Quanta Magazine

For Quanta Magazine, Shalma Wegsman provides a history of Jean-Baptiste Joseph Fourier’s transform.…
What counts as rude behavior in public, by age group

Statistical Visualization / age, behavior, Pew Research, rude

Pew Research asked U.S. adults if certain behaviors in public, such as cursing…
Checking TSA PreCheck time savings

Statistical Visualization / flying, security, TSA, Upshot

TSA PreCheck allows U.S. travelers to skip the part of airport security where…
Counting the reduction of federal health workforce

Statistical Visualization / firing, government, health, ProPublica

The U.S. federal government does not release official numbers for the cuts to…
Most American and British words

Statistical Visualization / Department of Data, geography, words

For WaPo’s Department of Data, Andrew Van Dam goes looking for American and…
Deceiving seniors for political fundraising, like a Nigerian prince

Statistical Visualization / Adam Bonica, fundraising, politics, spam

Adam Bonica analyzed the age of donors across different groups and politicians. For…
By news source, education levels of the audience

Statistical Visualization / education, news, Pew Research

You probably have a rough idea of education levels for each audience, but…
Increased immigration arrests and deportations

Statistical Visualization / arrests, deportation, Guardian, immigration

For the Guardian, Maanvi Singh, Will Craft, and Andrew Witherspoon show the sharp…
Counting Trump’s comments about Powell

Statistical Visualization / Christine Zhang, Jerome Powell, New York Times, words

For the New York Times, Christine Zhang counted Trump’s comments about Jerome Powell,…

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