Visualization

Showing the stories in data through statistics, design, aesthetics, and code.

Girl Scout cookies differ by region

The Girl Scouts, known for their annual cookie sales, uses two bakers. These…

On Broadway shows city life through data cross-sections

On Broadway, by Daniel Goddemeyer, Moritz Stefaner, Dominikus Baur, and Lev Manovich, provides…

Face sculptures using DNA from chewed gum

In her 2012 piece Stranger Visions, Heather Dewey-Hagborg used DNA found in public…

Best time to visit DMV

I think there are people who still go to the Department of Motor…

Probably not a heat map

A heat map is a grid of numbers colored by value. I wrote…

Texas hold ’em win probabilities

Software engineer Chris Beaumont visualized the strength of opponent hands in Texas hold…

Gambler’s perspective on sports team win probabilities

Michael Beuoy’s win probability model plotted on FiveThirtyEight starts all NBA teams at…

Every NBA team’s chances of winning, by game minute

Michael Beuoy made a win probability model for NBA teams and games, based…

Identifying cheaters in test results, a simple method

Jonathan Dushoff had issues with students in his population biology class cheating on…

Bayes’ theorem explained with LEGO bricks

Bayes’ theorem is covered in introduction to statistics and probability courses, but I…

Top 1% earners versus bottom 90%

Quoctrung Bui for Planet Money plotted average income for the top one percent…

Impact of vaccines throughout history

Not that anyone who does not vaccinate their kids cares, but Tynan DeBold…

Seagull skytrails

Watch one bird fly around, and it’s hard to make out its flight…

Audio landscape

Audio Landscape is a novel music visualizer that constructs a landscape based on…

Not just one chart

There is no more reason to expect one graph to “tell all” than…

Algorithm-generated song, based on income data

In the first song of his music experiment Data-Driven DJ, visual artist Brian…

Human brain size compared to animals’

Mosaic provides a simple comparison of brain size in a handful of animals…

Job gains and losses over time

Andrew Van Dam and Renee Lightner for the Wall Street Journal provide a…