Statistical Visualization

Finding patterns, distributions, and anomalies.

Superhero HR dashboard

Statistical Visualization / comics, human resources

Talent Lab is an application for human resource professionals to evaluate a work…
Classic 1939 book on graphs in its entirety

Statistical Visualization / Graphic Presentation, Willard Cope Brinton

Willard Cope Brinton is credited as one of the pioneers of information visualization,…
Power sources in each state

Statistical Visualization / electricity, NPR

A clean and simple set of slope charts to show the change between 2000 and 2014.
Automatic charts and insights in Google Sheets

Statistical Visualization / exploration, Google

So you have your data neat and tidy in a single spreadsheet, and…
Top high school plays and musicals, by decade

Statistical Visualization / NPR, ranking, theatre

Based on annual high school play and musical rankings from the magazine Dramatics,…
Technology sector, share of market over time

Statistical Visualization / Economist, technology

Here’s a straightforward stacked area chart from the Economist that shows shifting market…
Comparison of shifted public opinion

Statistical Visualization / public opinion, Upshot

David Leonhardt and Alicia Parlapiano compared public opinion over time for various social…
Length of the average master’s thesis

Statistical Visualization / R, thesis

A while back beckmw found the average length of a dissertation for various…
Compare your curve to reality for income versus college attendance

Statistical Visualization / education, income, Upshot

Those who grow up in poorer families are less likely to go to…
Estimated age based on your name

Statistical Visualization / names, Randal Olson

A while back, Nate Silver and Allison McCann for FiveThirtyEight estimated age based…
Rising beef prices and cattle theft

Statistical Visualization / economy, FiveThirtyEight, food

Eric Benson for FiveThirtyEight delves into cattle theft, which can cost an owner…
Black and White America compared as if they were countries

Statistical Visualization / Economist, race

The Economist made a simple yet effective comparison of Black America and White…
Disaster risk indices estimate impact on people

Statistical Visualization / earthquake, NPR

An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.8 can affect countries differently, depending on…
Quick change of mind on social issues

Statistical Visualization / Bloomberg, marriage

As Supreme Court hearings for same-sex marriage start today, Alex Tribou and Keith…
Why exploring big data is hard

Statistical Visualization / big data, lunch talk

The talks from OpenVisConf 2015 went up, so I’m slowly making my way…
Emptied reservoirs in California

Statistical Visualization / drought

Winter is over and it’s shorts weather these days in California. This is…
Wealth inequality explained in charts

Statistical Visualization / economy, income, wealth

Wealth inequality is a real thing that is complex and a result of…
Speedy crossword solvers

Statistical Visualization / crosswords, FiveThirtyEight

Oliver Roeder for FiveThirtyEight covered this year’s American Crossword Puzzle Tournament and the…

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