Statistical Visualization
Finding patterns, distributions, and anomalies.
Search for word usage in movies and television over time
Movies and television shows often reflect cultural trends of the time they are…
Probabilities of failing birth control methods
In high school health class, where I learned about contraceptives and the dangers…
When people work, by job category
In another use of data from the American Time Use Survey, Planet Money…
Finding small villages in big cities
Daily life in cities tends to differ from daily life in small towns,…
Spiky betting odds during LeBron James decision →
LeBron James decided to head back to Cleveland, so naturally the odds that…
How much underwear to bring on a trip →
Packing underwear for a short trip is easy. You just pack a pair…
FoamTree: Visualize hierarchical data with a lot of groups
For small-ish amounts of hierarchical data, most JavaScript libraries can handle the load.…
xkcd: Dominant players in chess and basketball →
I’m pretty sure xkcd is the only one who gets away with showing…
Birth year and political leanings →
A statistical model, from Yair Ghitza of Catalist and Andrew Gelman of Columbia…
Drone crash database →
Based on data compiled from a combination of military records, Defense Department records,…
Percentage of degrees conferred to men, by major
Based on estimates from the National Center for Education Statistics, Randy Olson plotted…
Employment-to-population ratios →
The Upshot posted an interesting chart that shows changing employment rate by state.…
A visual analysis of the Boston subway system
For a graduate project, Michael Barry and Brian Card explored the Boston subway…
NFL players getting bigger
Football players are getting bigger. Noah Veltman, a developer for the WNYC Data…
A decade of college degrees
North by Northwestern looked closer at degrees awarded by their university over the…
Distribution of letters in the English language
Some letters in the English language appear more often in the beginning of…
