The World Happiness Report, published each year since 2012, just dropped for 2024.…
Statistical Visualization
Finding patterns, distributions, and anomalies.
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Happiness ratings, by country and age
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Racial bias in OpenAI GPT resume rankings
AI is finding its way into the HR workflow to sift through resumes.…
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Diversity in college admissions without considering race
For NYT’s The Upshot, Aatish Bhatia and Emily Badger model how colleges might…
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Analysis of when movies use their own names in the dialogue
A title drop is when a movie mentions its own name during the…
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Rise of Caitlin Clark, scoring machine
Caitlin Clark, a basketball guard for the University of Iowa, has been steadily…
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Consumer confidence in current economic conditions
For NYT Opinion, Nate Silver compares consumer confidence between two surveys. The University…
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Investor expectations for interest rates compared to reality
This chart by Eric Wallerstein for the Wall Street Journal shows expectations against…
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Researchers might have found Amelia Earhart’s crashed plane
For NPR, Juliana Kim reports:
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Decline of the school bus
For WP’s Department of Data, Andrew Van Dam notes the decline of the…
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Learning animal languages with AI
Financial Times highlights how researchers are using AI to try to learn what…
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When movies become musicals and then movies again
For The Washington Post, Hanna Zakharenko charted all the movies that were adapted…
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A hotter year, again
This year, 2023, was the hottest year on record. For Reuters, Gloria Dickie,…
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Cost of assisted living where you are
Assisted living can be expensive. For The Washington Post, Bonnie Berkowitz, Lauren Tierney,…
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ER visits for Christmas decoration injuries
A lot of Christmas lights went up this past week. I hope you…
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How much more income people need to be happy
For the Wall Street Journal, Joe Pinsker reports on income and happiness, or…
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Change in commute times in major cities
Using GPS data processed by Replica, Lydia DePillis, Emma Goldberg, and Ella Koeze,…
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Attitudes towards tipping in the U.S.
Tipping seems to be in a confusing spot right now. On the one…
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Premiums on electricity during Covid lockdowns in Italy
During Covid lockdowns, power companies in Italy charged premiums to cover increased prices…