Transparency International released annual data for the Corruption Perceptions Index. The Economist plotted…
Statistical Visualization
Finding patterns, distributions, and anomalies.
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Corruption versus human development
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40 years of boxplots
Famed statistician John Tukey created the boxplot in 1970. It shows a distribution…
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Kill Math makes math more meaningful
After a certain point in math education, like some time during high school,…
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The Fortune 500, 1955 to 2010
Since 1955, Fortune Magazine has published a list of America’s 500 largest companies.…
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Last.fm scrobbles as calendar heat map
Martin Dittus, a former Last.fm employee, grabbed listening data for staff, moderators, and…
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Girl Scout cookie pie chart
With Girl Scout cookie season around the corner, Wired pies it up with…
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How the deficit got so big
The US continues to rack up more and more debt, with a deficit…
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All the countries that the US owes money to
In May 2011, the United States owned $14.3 trillion in debt. A lot…
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When crime happens in major cities
Does more crime happen during the late hours of the night or in…
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Award-nominated movies vs. highest grossing
Dorothy Gambrell of very small array continues with her fascination of movie quality…
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RottenTomatoes trends with Career-o-matic
Slate puts together a rough analysis of RottenTomatoes actor and director career ratings.…
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Rise and fall of housing prices
Kevin Quealy and Jeremy White report for The New York Times on the…
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Reactions to the death of a terrorist
On the announcement of Osama Bin Laden’s death, there was a mixed reaction…
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Tweets per second during Bin Laden announcement
As I listened to my young neighbors run around the parking lot chanting,…
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Dropping movie ratings from the past six decades
Dorothy Gambrell of very small array charts median Tomatometer ratings of the top…
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Visual evidence that movies are getting worse
Moki takes a page out of the OkCupid social media playbook and analyzes…
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America is not the best at everything
Charles M. Blow has a look at some metrics for the International Monetary…
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The Grammy winning sales bump
A Grammy win is worth way more than a little trophy and some…