Happiness and Health

There are various ways to visualize connections, but one of the most intuitive and straightforward ways is to actually connect entities or objects with lines. And when it comes to geographic connections, great circles are a nice way to do this.

The goal of Chernoff faces is to show a bunch of variables at once via facial features like lips, eyes, and nose size. Most of the time there are better solutions, but the faces can be interesting to work with.

By shifting the baseline to a reference point, you can focus a line chart on relative change, which can improve the visibility of smaller categories.

It’s easy to draw dots. The challenge is to make them meaningful and readable.

Many charts don’t tell the truth. This is a simple guide to spotting them.

The individual data points of life are much less predictable than the average. Here’s a simulation that shows you how much time is left on the clock.

What is old? When it comes to subjects like health care and retirement, we often think of old in fixed terms. But as people live longer, it’s worth changing the definition.

Minimum wage has increased over the years, but by how much depends on where you live.