R comes with a lot of datasets, some with the core distribution and…
Nathan Yau
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Archive of datasets bundled with R
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Research in Progress →
Spot on. Sadly.
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Yakkin’ ‘Bout Mappin’ →
Process post on a two-day mapping session; planning, data, design, code
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Infinite Jukebox plays your favorite songs forever
You know those songs that you love so much that you cry because…
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Let’s Talk Your Data, Not Big Data →
You gotta crawl before you can walk and run
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Lego New York
I’m not sure what these digitally rendered Lego blocks by JR Schmidt represent,…
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HOLO Magazine →
A kickstarter to explore “the convergence of art, science and technology”
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Nate Silver on Deadspin →
“Bayes, duh.”
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Beautiful interactive tour of the galaxy
In a beautiful rendition of the galaxy, Google visualized 100,000 stars, starting at…
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Pattern →
Web mining module for Python
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Exploration of Hewlett grants
Since 2000, the Hewlett Foundation has made over 7,000 grants summing $3.86 billion,…
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Returning to Visualizations →
Slidedeck from Rachel Binx’s talk
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Computational thinking and life skills →
“Focus on understanding why the program is doing what it’s doing, rather than why it’s not doing what you wanted it to.”
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Shiny allows web applications with R
RStudio, the folks behind the IDE for R released last year, continues to…
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RStudio release “makes it super simple for R users like you to turn analyses into interactive web applications”
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Mitt Romney losing likes on Facebook, in real-time
If you go to the Facebook page for Mitt Romney, note the number…
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How to fail three tests in one chart →
Design exercise versus straight charts
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50 percent →
Meta. Is it people’s interest, or is it actually 50 percent of statistics…
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How to Make an Interactive Choropleth Map
When presented with a static graphic, it can be useful to see specific values after you see overall patterns. This tutorial shows you how to add simple interactions to a choropleth map so you can get specifics for regions.
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Incredibly divided nation in a map
I knew things were bad, but I didn’t know they were this bad.…