We know that income increased by a lot in 2015, but for who? If it’s just the rich getting richer, …
There are many ways to show parts of a whole. Here are quick one-liners for the more common ones.
Using data from their Washington Post-ABC News polling, the Washington Post compares shifting support for Clinton and Trump among several …
Thermal cameras, which use infrared to detect heat, provide images of temperature. Firefighters can use them to find people in …
Missing data is everywhere. Or, I guess technically it’s nowhere. You know what I mean. Missing data is common, especially …
This is what happens when there is a disconnect between data and what it represents. So much wrong.
A challenge of using geographic maps to show data is that larger regions inevitably get more visual real estate. Cartograms …
In case you didn’t know, there’s a drought here in California so there are rules for when you can and …
Nate Cohn for the Upshot provides a statistics lesson in the context of election forecasts and why they differ so …
In a 2005 paper “If I look at the mass I will never act”: Psychic numbing and genocide, Paul Slovic …
A look at the rise for each state over three decades, for men and women.
But not every group’s median income increased by the same amount.
Americans get most of their alcohol from beer, but it’s not like that everywhere.
Raising kids is hard to explain. I’ll try anyways. With some charts.
Keep track of the 214 days out of the year that are a national food or drink days.
Here’s how common each household type is and was — and how the makeup compares to a few decades ago.
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Try the more element-based approach instead of your traditional histogram or boxplot.
Use a force-directed graph to form a collection of bubbles and move them around based on data.
Instead of traditional pie charts that rely on angles and arc lengths to show parts of a whole, try this easier-to-read version.
Visualization is complex, but if I were to break it down simply, I’d say it’s something like the process below. …
Here are some tips to get you started, based on my own experiences with R, and more recently, the JavaScript library d3.js.
“What tool should I learn? ” I hesitate to answer, because I use what works best for me, which isn’t necessarily the best for someone else or the “best” overall. Nevertheless, here’s my toolset.
Venn diagrams seem straightforward, but why all the mistakes? Here’s a guide to avoid the snafus.
