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And visualization is useless without data; you do the math.

When you Google “bacon number” followed by an actor’s name, you’ll get the degrees of separation

New course on how social, economic and technological structures interact

Video tutorials on using Illustrator by professor Mike Wirth

Old, but I keep coming back to it. Simple use of ImportHtml() function brings an HTML table into spreadsheet

Tutorial based on the NYT graphic on word use at the National Conventions

Including the Economist, Stata, and oh yes, Excel 2003 [via]

From data graphics to art, it’s a continuous spectrum; last sentence of article includes a lot more people though

A wishful syllabus by NPR news app head

Ways to display data based on vision and variables

Taking it from paper and pencil sketch to illustration

Just got a copy, and it looks like a good one. Review to come.

With new tools that make running statistical tests straightforward, the two statisticians worry about pseudo-analysis. On the other hand, if the tech is trivial, there’s more time for learning the concepts (and teaching them).

Visualization for stories that move you

The popular R graphing package now lets you easily change aesthetics

A straightforward and detailed introduction

Comparison to gas, selling the stuff that makes it useful vs. the raw material

Start with very basic then work your way up

From the social media point of view

Using gradient to show confidence intervals