Statistical Visualization
Finding patterns, distributions, and anomalies.
Access to nature where you live
NatureQuant processes and analyzes satellite imagery to quantify people’s access to nature. They…
Happiness ratings, by country and age
The World Happiness Report, published each year since 2012, just dropped for 2024.…
Racial bias in OpenAI GPT resume rankings
AI is finding its way into the HR workflow to sift through resumes.…
Diversity in college admissions without considering race
For NYT’s The Upshot, Aatish Bhatia and Emily Badger model how colleges might…
Analysis of when movies use their own names in the dialogue
A title drop is when a movie mentions its own name during the…
Rise of Caitlin Clark, scoring machine
Caitlin Clark, a basketball guard for the University of Iowa, has been steadily…
Consumer confidence in current economic conditions
For NYT Opinion, Nate Silver compares consumer confidence between two surveys. The University…
Investor expectations for interest rates compared to reality
This chart by Eric Wallerstein for the Wall Street Journal shows expectations against…
Researchers might have found Amelia Earhart’s crashed plane
For NPR, Juliana Kim reports:
Deep Sea Vision, an ocean exploration company based…
Learning animal languages with AI
Financial Times highlights how researchers are using AI to try to learn what…
When movies become musicals and then movies again
For The Washington Post, Hanna Zakharenko charted all the movies that were adapted…
Cost of assisted living where you are
Assisted living can be expensive. For The Washington Post, Bonnie Berkowitz, Lauren Tierney,…
ER visits for Christmas decoration injuries
A lot of Christmas lights went up this past week. I hope you…
How much more income people need to be happy
For the Wall Street Journal, Joe Pinsker reports on income and happiness, or…
Change in commute times in major cities
Using GPS data processed by Replica, Lydia DePillis, Emma Goldberg, and Ella Koeze,…
Attitudes towards tipping in the U.S.
Tipping seems to be in a confusing spot right now. On the one…