Statistical Visualization
Finding patterns, distributions, and anomalies.
Driving habits and gas prices shift into reverse
Hannah Fairfield of the New York Times looks at driving habits and gas…
Streamgraph code ported to JavaScript
Lee Byron open-sourced his streamgraph code in Processing about a month ago. Jason Sundram has taken that and ported it to JavaScript, using Processing.js.
Tax brackets over the past century
Stephen Von Worley’s Weather Sealed is one of my new favorites. In his…
Statistical Atlas from the ninth Census in 1870
In 1870, Francis Walker oversaw publication of the United States' very first Statistical Atlas, based on data from the ninth Census.
Canada: the country that pees together stays together
EPCOR, the water utility company that runs the fountains up in Edmonton, Canada…
Challenge: make this graph easier to read
The Economist discusses the return of big government and includes this graph showing total government spending as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product. Is there a better way to represent the time series?
An Exploration of Biological Records
The Natural Science Museum of Barcelona has a growing database of 50,000 records…
Road to Recovery – Is the Recovery Act working?
The Obama administration just posted a graph showing monthly job loss from December…
Build Online Visualization for Free with Tableau Public
Tableau Software, popular for making data more accessible, mainly in the business sector,…
Obama’s Budget Proposal and Incorrect Forecasts
President Obama announced his 2011 budget proposal. How does it compare to last…
Build Statistical Graphics Online With ggplot2
Statisticians are generally behind the times when it comes to online applications. There…
How to Make an Interactive Area Graph with Flare
You’ve seen the NameExplorer from the Baby Name Wizard by Martin Wattenberg. It’s…
Stat Charts Get a New York Times Redesign
Statistical graphics are often… kind of bland. But that’s fine, because they’re usually…
The Cost of Getting Sick
GE and Ben Fry (now the director of SEED visualization), show the cost…
Buzzwords in Academic Papers (Comic)
This comic was really amusing, although it might be because I’m a big…
Unemployment Rate For People Like You – NYT Interactive
Shan Carter, Amanda Cox, and Kevin Quealy of The New York Times explore…
Facebook Measures Happiness in Status Updates
As we all know, Facebook lets people update their friends with status updates,…
