Statistical Visualization
Finding patterns, distributions, and anomalies.
Data Visualization Humble Bundle
There’s a data visualization book bundle on Humble Bundle this month. Get twenty-two…
Wildfires caused by fireworks
It’s Independence Day here in the United States, which means there will be…
Analysis of compound curse words used on Reddit
As you know, Reddit is typically a sophisticated place of kind and pleasant…
Cumulative 3-pointers for the Splash Brothers
Tonight is game six of the NBA Finals. If the Golden State Warriors…
Hands-On Data Visualization, an open-access book on interactive visualization for beginners
Hands-On Data Visualization, by Jack Dougherty and Ilya Ilyankou, is an open-access book…
Different languages, but similar information rates
Christophe CoupĂ© and company analyzed speech rate (on the left) across different languages,…
History of heat records in major U.S. cities
Matt Daniels and Russell Goldenberg for The Pudding are tracking heat records in…
U.S. still the outlier for gun homicide rate
This chart from The New York Times, based on estimates from Our World…
Children exposed to school shootings
The Washington Post maintains a database of school shootings (which is sad in…
F1 Racing results plotted as lightning
Joey Cherdarchuk used a lightning metaphor to visualize the outcomes of races from…
Number of abortions in each state, by restriction status
The Washington Post has a set of charts showing the current status of…
A test for a potentially flawed study on randomness and age
In 2017, a study posited that human behavior complexity peaks at age 25…
Redrafting the NBA, based on past player performance
With the NBA playoffs underway, it can be fun to watch the best…
Comparing rich people incomes and the taxes they pay
Based on leaked IRS data for the 400 wealthiest Americans, ProPublica provides a…
More gender-neutral names
Georgios Karamanis plotted the ratio of girls-to-boys over time for all the names…