Statistical Visualization
Finding patterns, distributions, and anomalies.
A century of facial hair styles
Facial hair styles change with the years. One year it might be more…
Looking for more affordable homes and better schools in the suburbs
Families often move out of the city to the suburbs for more affordable…
Trump approval ratings compared to past presidents
Using multiple polls as their source data, FiveThirtyEight is tracking approval and disapproval…
Graphs from 1900 that depict a snapshot of African American life
In 1900, W. E. B. Du Bois and his students drew a series…
Demographics for immigrants from banned countries
As I’m sure you know, the current administration banned immigrants from seven countries…
Typeface interweaves words and graphs
Datalegreya is a new typeface by Fig that lets you intertwine a graph…
Showing uncertainty during the live election forecast
During the election, The New York Times showed a live gauge to show…
Randomness of scientific impact
A group of researchers wondered if there was a trend or predictability for…
Ad spending for Clinton and Trump
Adam Pearce for the New York Times charted ad spending for Clinton and…
All the Harry Potter spells, when they were used
I often stare far into the distance and ponder world’s greatest questions —…
Doctors’ political leanings
Based on data from researchers at Yale, the Upshot charts party registration by…
Finding the biggest busts and steals from NBA drafts past
Picking basketball players for a professional team is no easy task. College and…
Computed screen time for men and women
In a collaborative effort, the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media computed…
Radio station frequencies, by genre
In most areas in the United States, lower FM frequencies are reserved for…
Square pie chart beats out the rest in perception study
Many hate pie charts. Others love them. I think they’re useful but have…
We spend more at restaurants than at grocery stores
For decades, Americans spent more money at the grocery store than at eating…
U.S. gun deaths rate is an outlier
If you look at gun death rates for other western countries and adjust…
