Statistics

David Spiegelhalter is a Professor of the Public Understanding of Risk at Cambridge…

Update: I had scheduled this post for next week, but apparently, Data.gov.uk launched…

This interactive by Las Vegas Sun describes how in the long run, you’re…

What? I don’t see anything wrong with it.…

Interaction designer Christian Swinehart takes a careful look at the popular Choose Your…

Are there any differences in student performance between schools with small classes (as…

The Bureau of Labor Statistics released the most recent unemployment numbers last week.…

FlowingData readers who have been around for a while will remember I made…

It’s exciting times for data heads. The launch of Data.gov back in May…

There’s a lot of data on the Web, but it’s all very scattered.…

Online dating can be tricky. What do you say? How do you reply…

Picking a cell phone plan is confusing, but it doesn’t have to be.…

What if you were a good student but knew you weren’t going to…

We all know this already, but it’s nice to get some backing from…

Taking another step towards data transparency, the US government provides the IT dashboard…

While we’re on the subject of flight, ever since that plane landed in…

The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) makes a lot of world…

Photo by Leo Reynolds

Undoubtedly you’ve been seeing a lot of headlines about…

Check out my guest post on The Guardian’s Data Blog on the current…