All Things Considered on NPR ran a fine series on how we interpret…
Nathan Yau
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How well we don’t understand probability
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Too many numbers
Numbers is a short film by Robert Hloz where some people see numbers…
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A decade of Yelp review trends →
Yelp released an amusing tool that lets you see how the use of…
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Senator John Walsh plagiarism, color-coded →
John Walsh, the U.S. Senator from Montana, is in the news lately for…
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A more visual world data portal →
One of the most annoying parts of downloading data from large portals is…
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How to Make an Interactive Treemap
Treemaps are useful to view and explore hierarchical data. Interaction can help you look at the data in greater detail.
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Large-ish data packages in R
If you’ve played around with R enough, there comes a time when you…
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Editing photos as if they were audio files →
Masuma Ahuja and Denise Lu for the Washington Post applied a technique called…
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Voter approval rates as butt plugs
From a couple of years ago, but still relevant, I think. Matthew Epler…
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Misery index based on perceived temperature →
Late last year, Cameron Beccario made a wind map for earth, inspired by…
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You get a personal data site, and you get one, and you too →
Personal data collection keeps getting easier and more efficient. Much of what was…
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Flights around Ukraine →
The New York Times is covering Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 with a series…
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Geologic map of Mars
The USGS released a more detailed geologic map of Mars, not just renderings…
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Spiky betting odds during LeBron James decision →
LeBron James decided to head back to Cleveland, so naturally the odds that…
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How much underwear to bring on a trip →
Packing underwear for a short trip is easy. You just pack a pair…
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Visualization Education Mailbag
It’s around that time of year when more people than usual ask for…
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Changing World Cup fans →
Shan Carter and Kevin Quealy for the Upshot have a look at sports…
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Mosquitos: The deadliest animal
This graphic from the Gates Foundation is from a few months ago, but…
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FoamTree: Visualize hierarchical data with a lot of groups
For small-ish amounts of hierarchical data, most JavaScript libraries can handle the load.…
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xkcd: Dominant players in chess and basketball →
I’m pretty sure xkcd is the only one who gets away with showing…