I think the theme of this year’s Olympic graphics is how you relate…
Statistical Visualization
Finding patterns, distributions, and anomalies.
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Where you measure up against Olympians →
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Age range of US Olympic athletes, by sport
The Washington Post has a fun piece that compares your age to that…
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A graphical summary of Euro 2012 on Twitter
Nicolas Belmonte, a data visualization scientist at Twitter, visualized the change in tweet…
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Jeff Heer Interview →
Worth listening to whenever he talks visualization
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Side-by-side comparisons for Australian Census
Last week, Australia released data for their 2011 Census. Small Multiples, in collaboration…
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Chart Chooser helps you choose charts
There are a lot of charts to choose from, and if you pick…
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Evolution of movie poster colors
We’ve seen a number of looks at movie poster cliches, but this is…
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When the world sleeps, based on Twitter activity
Twitter engineers Miguel Rios and Jimmy Lin explored tweet volumes in different cities…
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Even simple charts can tell a story
Regardless of your politics, this chart is a great example of how data…
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The U.K. energy consumption guide
I’m a sucker for anything cute and bubbly, and the U.K. Energy Consumption…
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Parallel Sets for categorical data, D3 port
A while back, Robert Kosara and Caroline Ziemkiewicz shared their work on Parallel…
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How recruiters look at your resume
In a study by TheLadders (of n equals 30), recruiters looked at resumes…
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Towards a Low-carbon World
Carbon output. We want to reduce it, but some countries have a longer…
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Odds of losing in roulette
Jay Jacobs has some fun with roulette simulations and explores the odds of…
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Who voted for Santorum and Romney
As a complement to Shan Carter’s exit poll dancing boxes, The New York…
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Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends, accidental chart
This came via Twitter from @christopferd:
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Slicing Obama’s 2013 budget proposal four ways
With Obama’s recent budget for next year proposed, Shan Carter et. al of…
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Compare presidential candidate fundraising
Presidential candidates have raised $186 million up to now, according to the Federal…