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Tracking criminal movements and predicting hot spots
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7 command-line tools for data science
A quick list of command-line tools to putz around with data.
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Acetaminophen availability around the world
Probublica has a detailed piece on the potential overuse of acetaminophen, commonly known…
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A visual explanation of Simpson’s Paradox
When you look for overall trends, you often poke around the data in…
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OpenStreetMap, the work of individuals visualized
In the continued series of meta-data-driven maps, OpenStreetMap shows the work of individuals…
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Dialect quiz shows where others talk like you do
North Carolina State statistics graduate student Joshua Katz already mapped dialect across the…
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Easier Census data browsing with CensusReporter
Census data can be interesting and super informative, but getting the data out…
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New data jobs this month
It’s been just under a month since the Job Board went up, and…
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Sasquatch sightings
Josh Stevens, a PhD candidate at Penn State, mapped 92 years of sasquatch…
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D.C. building heights study
Emily Chow and Gene Thorp for The Washington Post explored the change in…
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Excel paintings
Tatsuo Horiuchi wanted to learn something new before retiring, so he bought a…
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Fashion fingerprints →
In a collaborative effort at The New York Times, a Fashion Week browser…
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How you know you’re in an upscale neighborhood
By way of reddit, analog traces, or as they’re more commonly known: dirt.…
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Game map from Grand Theft Auto 5
With just five days left until Grand Theft Auto 5 is out, a…
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Working with Line Maps, the Google Places API, and R
A frequent challenge of visualization is behind the scenes, to get the data and to mold it into the format you need. Do that. Then map.
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Treemap art
Ben Shneiderman invented the treemap in the 1990s to visualize the hierarchical contents…
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Where NFL quarterbacks throw
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Crunching the wedding numbers
Weddings are special events where friends and family come together to celebrate, and…
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Weather models, a visual comparison
Forecast, one of the best if not the best quick-look weather sites, uses…
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UK Census at risk
There is a possibility the UK Census is scrapped for cheaper options next…
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