Nathan Yau

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Visualization Tools and Learning Resources, April 2024 Roundup

The Process / roundup

Here are the useful tools and resources that came out of April.
Rise in prison death rates during the pandemic

Statistical Visualization / Marshall Project, mortality, pandemic

The Marshall Project highlights research on excess mortality in U.S. prisons:
The slowdown…
Who is Sleeping, by Age and Time

Data Underload / sleep, time use

Sleepy time varies as responsibilities shift.
Climate change in your lifetime and the next

Infographics / climate change, future, Tardigrade

One of the challenges of understanding the weight of climate change is that…
Israel uses Iron Dome as defense against rockets

Infographics / defense, Israel, missile, Reuters

Using a series of graphics, Reuters explains Israel’s defense against rockets, also known…
Existing mortgages with lower rates than new ones

Statistical Visualization / mortgage, Upshot

For The Upshot, Emily Badger and Francesca Paris compare the rates of existing…
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Chart Options When the Differences are Small But Worthwhile

The Process / change, difference, options, small

Small changes over time or small differences between categories can easily look insignificant, even if they’re worth noting in real life. Here are chart options for you.
Sleep Hours and Feeling Rested

Data Underload / rest, sleep

Two-thirds of adults get at least 7 hours of sleep. I am not in that two-thirds.
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How to Make a Cartogram with Packed Circles in R

Tutorials / R

There are packages to make cartograms, but in some cases you might need a more flexible solution.
What happened to Japantown in San Francisco when residents were forced out by executive order

Maps / census, Japantown, racism, San Francisco Chronicle

In 1942, Franklin Delano Roosevelt mandated that those of Japanese descent be sent…
Scented products with potentially harmful ingredients

Infographics / Bloomberg, ingredient, safety

For Bloomberg, Daniela Sirtori, Madeline Campbell, and Marie Patino do some product counting:…
Chartr was acquired by Sherwood Media

News / acquisition, Chartr, Sherwood

I missed this announcement at the end of last year:
Sherwood Media, LLC…
Teenage adversity that carries into adulthood

Infographics / Alvin Chang, development, Pudding, teenager

The National Longitudinal Surveys from the Bureau of Labor Statistics are unique in…
Visualize This, Second Edition: Updating a Visualization Guide for My Past Self

The Book / writing

A decade and a half ago, I wrote the first edition of Visualize…
Access to nature where you live

Statistical Visualization / cities, nature, NatureQuant, satellite imagery, Washington Post

NatureQuant processes and analyzes satellite imagery to quantify people’s access to nature. They…
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Histograms for Regular People

The Process / annotation, highlight

People need a sense of how distributions work before they can make sense of a histogram. Here’s how I (try to) make these misunderstood charts easier to read.
People movements during the eclipse

Maps / eclipse, New York Times, people

As you might expect, the path of totality brought increased activities as people…
Ages of the People We Marry

Data Underload / age, marriage, relationships

Variation kicks in when you look at the later years, consider multiple marriages, divorce, separation, and opposite-sex versus same-sex relationships. This chart breaks it all down.
Expanding Rube Goldberg machine that you can edit

Infographics / Rube Goldberg machine, xkcd

From xkcd, a Rube Goldberg machine that keeps on going. Edit a cell…
Airbnb occupancy along the eclipse path

Maps / Airbnb, AirDNA, eclipse

Maybe you heard there’s a total eclipse happening today. AirDNA mapped Airbnb occupancy…

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