Nathan Yau

Damian Lillard’s Game-Winner in Context

Chart Everything / basketball, Damian Lillard, R

Here are all the playoff threes he’s made in his playoff career, plus some R code.
When bad data leads to a disappearing neighborhood

Statistics / Google Maps, missing data

Caitlin Dewey for OneZero describes the case of the Fruit Belt neighborhood in…
Does the first to 100 points usually win in the NBA?

Statistics / basketball, Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles Clippers commentator Ralph Lawler has a saying: “First to 100 wins.…
Members Only

How to Make a Moving Bubble Chart, Based on a Dataset

Tutorials / d3js

Ooo, bubbles… It’s not the most visually efficient method, but it’s one of the more visually satisfying ones.
Stephen Curry scores every arena’s popcorn

Self-surveillance / New York Times, popcorn, Stephen Curry

I marked this article for later reading. It’s about Stephen Curry’s love of…
A more detailed view of the Mueller Report

Infographics / Axios, Mueller

By now we’ve all seen the zoomed out thumbnail view of the Mueller…
Explore generative models and latent space with a simple spreadsheet interface

Statistics / generative models, images, latent space

Generative models can seem like a magic box where you plug in observed…
Redacted

Chart Everything / Mueller, report

The redacted version (pdf) of the Mueller report was released today. Here’s the…
DataCamp noindex (The Process #36)

The Process / DataCamp, harassment

The welcoming nature of the data community was one of the reasons I switched to Statistics. Let’s keep it that way.
Exploring data to form better questions

Statistics / design, exploration, John Tukey, Roger Peng

Feeding off the words of John Tukey, Roger Peng proposes a search for…
What happened at Notre-Dame

Infographics / New York Times, Notre-Dame

Notre-Dame in Paris, France was on fire. The New York Times describes what…
Facial recognition machine for $60

Statistics / face detection, New York Times, privacy

For The New York Times, Sahil Chinoy on privacy and how easy it…
Percentage of Households in Each Income Level

Data Underload / income

What percentage of households fall into lower-, middle-, and upper-income levels when you adjust for household size?
Comparing the potential cost of Medicare for everyone

Infographics / health care, medicare, Upshot

For The Upshot, Josh Katz, Kevin Quealy, and Margot Sanger-Katz, consulted economists to…
What Qualifies as Middle-Income in Each State

Data Underload / income, middle class

The meaning of “middle-income” changes a lot depending on where you live and your household size.
Members Only

Shifting to Responsive Charts, Tools for Mobile (The Process #35)

The Process / mobile, responsive design

In this issue I go over my somewhat delayed shift towards making charts that work in different screen sizes and the tools that work for me.
Contrasting social media Democrats to real life

Infographics / elections, social media, Upshot

As many know (I hope), what we see on social media often doesn’t…
All of the deaths in Game of Thrones

Infographics / deaths, Game of Thrones, Washington Post

A few years back, The Washington Post illustrated every death in Game of…
Issues Democratic hopefuls are talking about on social media

Infographics / social media, Washington Post

For the Washington Post, Kevin Schaul and Kevin Uhrmacher parsed the social media…
Bad data from a faulty sensor on the Boeing 737 Max

Infographics / Boeing, crash, New York Times

The New York Times illustrated what likely happened in the Ethiopian Airlines and…

Page 119 of 382
<
1
...
116
117
118
119
120
121
...
382
>