“the more academic papers that economists read, the more misguided they’ll become”
Nathan Yau
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How economists get tripped up by statistics →
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Underscore.Nest →
Convert flat data into nested tree structures
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Data plural versus data singular
Kevin Drum on data is or data are:
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The future of maps isn’t maps →
Rebecca Rosen for The Atlantic on why maps aren’t the best interface all…
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Map of the underwater Internet →
Nicolas Rapp, for Fortune Magazine, mapped the underwater cables that make the global…
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Where you measure up against Olympians →
I think the theme of this year’s Olympic graphics is how you relate…
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A Criticism of Visualization Criticism Criticism →
Robert Kosara’s response to this
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Data Quotes →
Some fun ones
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Newspapers running out of time →
Rundown of the struggling state of those rooted in the paper medium
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The Act of Creating Scientific Data Visualizations →
Process behind a couple of Periscopic pieces with non-profit organization, on endangered species
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Future of Visualization →
“will need to scale in terms of performance, density, and interactivity”
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What if? →
New weekly from xkcd, answering all the important questions of the universe
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Sonification of Stanley Cup goals →
Artist Bard Edlund sonified the goals during the 2012 Stanley Cup.
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Soda versus pop on Twitter →
Edwin Chen, a data scientist at Twitter, explored the geographic differences in language…
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Evolution of the Formula One car, animated
Animator and illustrator Rufus Blacklock animated 60 years of Formula One race car…
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Mr. Miyagi and statistics education →
Unlike Daniel LaRusso, most students need context for the importance and meaning of concepts to soak through [via]
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How to read a topographic map →
You know, the one with all the lines and shading
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Google launches indoor maps →
For airports, shopping, and such
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Children can do stats, probably →
Researchers trying to get kids to understand randomness
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Mitt Romney pseudo-venn diagram, used incorrectly
The Mitt Romney campaign put this venn diagram up a few days ago,…