Statistical Visualization

Finding patterns, distributions, and anomalies.

How time use changed in 2020

Ben Casselman and Ella Koeze for The New York Times compared time use…

Rate of change in Covid-19 cases

We’re all familiar with the Covid-19 line charts that show cases over time,…

Olympic medal tracker

The Bloomberg medal tracker is fun to look at. I think the graphics…

Calculating swim speeds

The New York Times charted speed ranks during the women’s 4×100 freestyle relay.…

Case rates adjusted for the unvaccinated

Covid-19 cases in the United States were down, but they’re moving up again,…

Falling spin rates in baseball after rule enforcement

NYT’s The Upshot analyzed spin rate on pitches before and after enforcing a…

Slowing and then renewed interest in getting vaccinated

When countries gained access to vaccines, there was an initial burst of vaccinations,…

How sports owners pay less taxes than athletes

ProPublica continues their analysis of an anonymous dump of tax records, this time…

Historical context for the heat in the Pacific Northwest

It’s been hot in the Pacific Northwest the past few days. NYT’s The…

All the matches from Euro 2020 in one chart

To see all the matches from the group stage of Euro 2020 in…

Scoring hospitals by billing quality

Using data collected by Johns Hopkins University, Michelle McGhee and Will Chase for…

India vaccine procurement compared to other countries

Prasanta Kumar Dutta and Manas Mishra reporting for Reuters on the slow rollout…

Graphs before anyone knew what they were

Michael Friendly and Howard Wainer have a new book out: A History of…

All the passes in soccer visualized at once

This is a fun soccer graphic by Karim Douïeb. It shows 882,536 passes…

Myth of the Asian American model minority, explained with charts

Asian Americans are often viewed as a “model minority”, but when you look,…

Where chess pieces are most often captured

Reddit user desfirsit made heatmaps to show where on the chess board pieces…

Colors of Bob Ross explored

Connor Rothschild charted all the colors Bob Ross used in The Joy of…

Hospitalization rates for the unvaccinated

Overall, Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations are down in the United States, but much…