FlowingData

Learning R Versus d3.js for Visualization

Guides / d3js, R

For those who work with R and d3.js, the differences between the two…
Hurricane Matthew en route

Maps / hurricane, weather

Stay safe, Florida.…
An analysis of The Simpsons

Statistics / television, The Simpsons

The Simpsons is in its 27th season. That’s a lot of d’ohs. Todd…
Classical music visualized

Data Art / music

Artist Nicholas Rouguex visualized some musical scores in his project Off the Staff.…
Map shows two-party presidential shifts since 1920

Maps / election, politics

In an update to his two-party map, political scientist David Sparks shows the…
Finding the biggest busts and steals from NBA drafts past

Statistical Visualization / basketball, Polygraph, sports

Picking basketball players for a professional team is no easy task. College and…
Trending #TrumpWon didn’t start in Russia

Statistics / election, Twitter

After the first presidential debate, #TrumpWon was a trending topic on Twitter, which…
Breaking the algorithmic black box

Infographics / facebook, privacy

The general public kind of knows about data privacy issues. But not really.…
Traffic fatalities data for 2015 released

Data Sources / traffic

Each year, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration releases data for traffic accidents…
Rise in income for the poor and middle class

Infographics / income, Upshot

We know that income increased by a lot in 2015, but for who?…
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How to Visualize Proportions in R

Tutorials / proportions, R

There are many ways to show parts of a whole. Here are quick one-liners for the more common ones.
Shifting Clinton and Trump support for different demographic groups

Infographics / election, Washington Post

Using data from their Washington Post-ABC News polling, the Washington Post compares shifting…
Food pictures taken with thermal camera

Data Art / food, photography

Thermal cameras, which use infrared to detect heat, provide images of temperature. Firefighters…
Mapping the Spread of Obesity

Data Underload / health, obesity

A look at the rise for each state over three decades, for men and women.
Showing missing data in line charts

Design / d3js, missing data

Missing data is everywhere. Or, I guess technically it’s nowhere. You know what…
Skittle disconnect

Mistaken Data / human, Skittles

This is what happens when there is a disconnect between data and what…
Make your own tiled cartograms

Apps / Pitch Interactive, tiles

A challenge of using geographic maps to show data is that larger regions…
Finding the wet princes of Bel Air

Statistics / drought, environment, satellite

In case you didn’t know, there’s a drought here in California so there…
Statistics lesson on polling

Statistics / elections, uncertainty, Upshot

Nate Cohn for the Upshot provides a statistics lesson in the context of…
Income Increased

Data Underload / income, uncertainty

But not every group’s median income increased by the same amount.

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