Statistical Visualization

Finding patterns, distributions, and anomalies.

Indicators for a recession

Statistical Visualization / NBER, recession, Washington Post

People disagree whether the United States is in a recession or not, because…
More friendships between rich and poor might mean less poverty

Statistical Visualization / economics, facebook, income, poverty, relationships, Upshot

Recently published in Nature, research by Chetty, R., Jackson, M.O., Kuchler, T. et…
Housing displacement after disasters

Statistical Visualization / disaster, FEMA, housing, New York Times

Christopher Flavelle, for The New York Times, reported on the lack of support…
Florence Nightingale’s use of data visualization to persuade in the 19th century

Statistical Visualization / history, Nightingale, RJ Andrews, Scientific American

For Scientific American, RJ Andrews looks back at the visualization work of Florence…
Visualizing Delaunay Triangulation

Statistical Visualization / Delaunay, explainer, Ian Henry

Delaunay triangulations have applications in computer graphics, spatial analysis, and visualization. They “maximize…
Timelines for record temperatures

Statistical Visualization / climate, heat, Le Monde, temperature

Speaking of the heat wave in Europe, Pierre Breteau for Le Monde charted…
Rhythm in plant cells

Statistical Visualization / plants, rhythm

Researchers are studying the electrical rhythms in plant cells. I’m not sure what…
Full scope of gun deaths in the U.S.

Statistical Visualization / guns, law, mortality, Washington Post

As I’m sure you know, mass shootings, which gain attention because the scale…
Data Visualization Humble Bundle

Statistical Visualization / books, Bundle

There’s a data visualization book bundle on Humble Bundle this month. Get twenty-two…
Shrinking middle-class

Statistical Visualization / income, middle class

Income distribution continues to stretch on the high end and squish on the…
Wildfires caused by fireworks

Statistical Visualization / CNN, fireworks

It’s Independence Day here in the United States, which means there will be…
Analysis of compound curse words used on Reddit

Statistical Visualization / Colin Morris, humor, language, Reddit

As you know, Reddit is typically a sophisticated place of kind and pleasant…
Pie charts of dogs

Statistical Visualization / dogs, humor

John Rich made pie charts of dog body proportions. This is very important.…
Cumulative 3-pointers for the Splash Brothers

Statistical Visualization / basketball, Upshot, Warriors

Tonight is game six of the NBA Finals. If the Golden State Warriors…
Hands-On Data Visualization, an open-access book on interactive visualization for beginners

Statistical Visualization / book, interaction

Hands-On Data Visualization, by Jack Dougherty and Ilya Ilyankou, is an open-access book…
Different languages, but similar information rates

Statistical Visualization / information, language, words

Christophe Coupé and company analyzed speech rate (on the left) across different languages,…
Browser share over time

Statistical Visualization / browser

James Eagle used an animated donut chart to show browser share from 1996…
History of heat records in major U.S. cities

Statistical Visualization / climate change, Pudding

Matt Daniels and Russell Goldenberg for The Pudding are tracking heat records in…
U.S. still the outlier for gun homicide rate

Statistical Visualization / guns, homicide

This chart from The New York Times, based on estimates from Our World…
Children exposed to school shootings

Statistical Visualization / school, shootings, Washington Post

The Washington Post maintains a database of school shootings (which is sad in…

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