Here’s a straightforward stacked area chart from the Economist that shows shifting market…
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Finding patterns, distributions, and anomalies.
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Technology sector, share of market over time
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Comparison of shifted public opinion
David Leonhardt and Alicia Parlapiano compared public opinion over time for various social…
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Length of the average master’s thesis
A while back beckmw found the average length of a dissertation for various…
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Compare your curve to reality for income versus college attendance
Those who grow up in poorer families are less likely to go to…
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Estimated age based on your name
A while back, Nate Silver and Allison McCann for FiveThirtyEight estimated age based…
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Rising beef prices and cattle theft
Eric Benson for FiveThirtyEight delves into cattle theft, which can cost an owner…
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Black and White America compared as if they were countries
The Economist made a simple yet effective comparison of Black America and White…
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Disaster risk indices estimate impact on people
An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.8 can affect countries differently, depending on…
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Quick change of mind on social issues
As Supreme Court hearings for same-sex marriage start today, Alex Tribou and Keith…
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Why exploring big data is hard
The talks from OpenVisConf 2015 went up, so I’m slowly making my way…
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Emptied reservoirs in California
Winter is over and it’s shorts weather these days in California. This is…
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Wealth inequality explained in charts
Wealth inequality is a real thing that is complex and a result of…
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Speedy crossword solvers
Oliver Roeder for FiveThirtyEight covered this year’s American Crossword Puzzle Tournament and the…
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Married couple tax bonuses and penalties
Using calculations by Nick Kasprak from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities…
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Color use in paintings, by year
Martin Bellander saw some projects that extracted color from movie posters and trailers,…
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Gallons of water to produce foods
With all the talk recently about how much water it takes to grow…
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Gender gaps around the world
Ri Liu provides an exploratory view of gender gaps around the world through…
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