Category: Statistics
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Back in May last year, the US government launched Data.gov as a statement of transparency, and the Internet rejoiced. Just a couple of weeks ago, Data.gov.uk launched. How do the two compare? Here's my take.
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David Spiegelhalter is a Professor of the Public Understanding of Risk at Cambridge University. He studies the choices we make, and how those choices can have an effect later…
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Update: I had scheduled this post for next week, but apparently, Data.gov.uk launched today. The site isn't loading for me right now though. I guess they weren't prepared for…
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This interactive by Las Vegas Sun describes how in the long run, you're going to lose every single penny when you throw your hard-earned money into a slot machine.…
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How has consumer spending changed over the past 25 years? Do we spend more on some things and spend less on other than we did in the early 80s?…
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What? I don't see anything wrong with it. Alright, alright, so it's local news, but still, come on. I wonder if the newscaster even bats an eye as he's…
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Interaction designer Christian Swinehart takes a careful look at the popular Choose Your Own Adventure books from the 1980s. We saw something like this before, but Swinehart takes it…
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Are there any differences in student performance between schools with small classes (as in students per teacher) and those with large classes? The natural response is yeah, of course,…
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The Bureau of Labor Statistics released the most recent unemployment numbers last week. Things aren't looking good for the unemployed, I'm afraid. I showed my younger sister the maps.…
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FlowingData readers who have been around for a while will remember I made a map early this year that showed the growth of Target stores across America. It starts…
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It's exciting times for data heads. The launch of Data.gov back in May got things jump started; San Francisco recently announced DataSF; and now New York is getting in…
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Let's say you have this idea for a visualization or application, or you're just curious about some trend. But you have a problem. You can't find the data, and…
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There's a lot of data on the Web, but it's all very scattered. At the same time, there's a lot of data sitting on people's hard drives that we…
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Online dating can be tricky. What do you say? How do you reply to people? What should you put in your profile? Should you use that profile picture from…
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Apparently the average television size is going to be 60 inches by 2015. Do we really need that much television? I mean, come on. I used to watch my…
Understanding risk – play it safe or eat a bacon sandwich?
Data.gov.uk Gearing Up For Launch, er, Does Launch
Virtual Slot Machine Teaches the Logic of Loss
Fox News Makes the Best Pie Chart. Ever.
Choose Your Own Adventure – Watch the Stories Unfold (Updated)
Unemployment, 2004 to Present – The Country is Bleeding
Target Store Openings Since the First in 1962 – Data Now Available
NYC BigApps Competition – $20k In Prize Money
Online Dating Service Analyzes Intro Messages – How to Get a Response