Nathan Yau

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Good Redundant

The Process / encoding, redundancy

Think of the redundancies as reinforcement for a clearer signal.
Modernized version of a mid-19th century encylopedia

Infographics / encyclopedia, J. G. Heck, Nicholas Rougeux, restoration

Between 1849 and 1851, J.G. Heck published a 10-part encyclopedia called Iconographic Encyclopædia…
Past redlining still seen in the present

Maps / FiveThirtyEight, racism, redlining

In the 1930s, a group called the Home Owners’ Loan Corporation went to…
Frequency trails in the snow

Miscellaneous / humor, snow

Same vibes pic.twitter.com/oXjhdwS3yW
— Matt Blackwell (@matt_blackwell) February 7, 2022

This is a…
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How to Make a Line Chart with a Color Gradient in R

Tutorials / R

Use color to reinforce or add another layer of meaning to a regular line chart.
Figure skating animated jumps

Infographics / Nathan Chen, New York Times, Olympics, sports

Figure skater Nathan Chen set a world record with his performance in the…
Improving electric vehicle adoption rates

Infographics / electric vehicle, Reuters

Gas-powered vehicles contribute a big part of total carbon production, so to get…
Bubble tea combinations, a visual breakdown

Network Visualization / boba, combinations, Daisy Chung, Julia Janicki

Walk into a boba shop and usually you’ll see a large menu that…
Accuracy of groundhog weather prediction

Statistical Visualization / FiveThirtyEight, Groundhog Day, prediction

For FiveThirtyEight, Simran Parwani and Kaleigh Rogers compared Groundhog Day predictions against actual…
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Editing Carefully and That White House Bar Chart with the Weird y-axis – The Process 175

The Process / editing, error

The White House posted a chart with a messed up y-axis. Intentional or no?
When There Were More Deaths Than Births in the U.S.

Statistical Atlas / birth, mortality

The two counts have been getting closer to each other. The past couple of years accelerated the process.
Charts showing Tom Brady’s standout career

Statistical Visualization / football, Tom Brady, Upshot

Tom Brady announced his retirement from the National Football League, which ends a…
Crisis Text Line and data sharing

Statistics / Crisis Text Line, ethics, privacy

Crisis Text Line was sharing data with a for-profit business started by its…
Crypto volatility charts

Statistical Visualization / cryptocurrency, New York Times

One of the attractions of crypto is that values can swing into the…
Diversity of federal judge picks, compared by president

Statistical Visualization / diversity, Joe Biden, judges

Adrian Blanco for The Washington Post used squares connected at the corners to…
A game to gerrymander your party to power

Infographics / game, gerrymandering, New York Times

Ella Koeze, Denise Lu, and Charlie Smart for The New York Times made…
Questioning Novak Djokovic’s Covid tests, based on data

Statistical Visualization / BBC, coronavirus, Novak Djokovic, tennis

Tennis player Novak Djokovic is not vaccinated against the coronavirus, and as a…
Chicken egg color spectrum

Misc. Visualization / color, egg, physical

Eggs aren’t always white, which is oddly calming in this photo by way…
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Visualization Tools and Learning Resources, January 2022 Roundup

The Process / roundup

Here’s the good stuff for January.
Spotting spurious correlations in health news

Statistics / causation, correlation, health

When it comes to diet and health, you might see one day that…

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