Statistical Visualization

Finding patterns, distributions, and anomalies.

Visualization to better see true values in data

For Scientific American, Jack Murtagh describes the importance of visualization in understanding the…

Shifting causes of death over the decades

Saloni Dattani, for Our World in Data, used a set of heatmaps to…

Visual breakdowns of iconic hip-hop samples

Hip-hop music producers often sample from previous works. They remake, restructure, and repurpose…

Shifting towards more hot days, fewer cold days

It keeps getting hotter around the world. Not every single day. But over…

Losing ice in the Antarctic

In this chart from The Economist that shows ice extent from 1972 up…

What Americans drink and their changing habits

When I was a kid, I drank a lot of milk, and bottled…

Age shifts around the world

The world is getting older overall. For The New York Times, Lauren Leatherby…

A rubber stamp for graph axes

For graphing on the go, Present & Correct offers a rubber stamp with…

Focusing on the majority of students not affected by affirmative action

For NYT Opinion, Richard Arum and Mitchell L. Stevens, with graphics by Quoctrung…

Where people are moving in the U.S.

Based on migration data recently released by the IRS, Nami Sumida for the…

See if you are middle class

What counts as middle class depends on who and where you’re asking. Even…

More hiring, because more quitting

This is a good example of things are not quite what they seem…

Shortening baseball games

Baseball games grew longer over the decades, with the average length well over…

How much AI will affect your job

Research by Edward W. Felten, Manav Raj, and Robert Seamans provides estimates for…

Bed and Bath’s Beyond

Bed Bath & Beyond filed for bankruptcy, so Alex Leeds Matthews and Amy…

How little we save for retirement

Saving for retirement is a slow process with an end goal that can…

Words used in cannabis business names

Daniel Wolfe for The Washington Post looked at the similar word choices across…

India estimated to pass China in population

Based on the United Nations’ world population report, it is estimated that India’s…