Statistical Visualization

Finding patterns, distributions, and anomalies.

Flatten the coronavirus curve

Statistical Visualization / Alexander Radtke, coronavirus, curves, health care, Rosamund Pearce

The coronavirus can possibly infect a lot more people than there are those…
Responsible coronavirus charts

Statistical Visualization / coronavirus, Datawrapper

Speaking of responsible visualization, Datawrapper provides 17 charts and maps you can use…
Super Tuesday simulator

Statistical Visualization / election, FiveThirtyEight, simulation, Super Tuesday, uncertainty

With Super Tuesday on the way, there’s still a lot of uncertainty for…
Making invisible gas leaks visible

Statistical Visualization / methane, New York Times, pollution

For The New York Times, Jonah M. Kessel and Hiroko Tabuchi went to…
Color breakdown of Scientific American covers

Statistical Visualization / color, covers, Scientific American

For Scientific American, Nicholas Rougeux and Jen Christiansen show the shift in hues…
Fashion runway color palette

Statistical Visualization / color, fashion, Google, The Business of Fashion

From Google Arts & Culture:
We came together with The Business of Fashion…
How parents spend time with their kids

Statistical Visualization / parenting, Quartz, time use

For Quartz, Dan Kopf and Jenny Anderson on how time spent with kids…
How people laugh online

Statistical Visualization / laughing, Pudding

Laughter online is full of nuances. A capitalization of some letters or a…
Animated line chart to show the rich paying less taxes

Statistical Visualization / New York Times, rich, Stuart A. Thompson, taxes

David Leonhardt, for The New York Times, discusses the relatively low tax rates…
The early beginnings of visual thinking

Statistical Visualization / history, Howard Wainer, Michael Friendly, visual thinking

Visualization is a relatively new field. Sort of. The increased availability of data…
Analysis of street network orientation in cities

Statistical Visualization / directions, Geoff Boeing, streets

Continuing his analysis of street grid-iness in cities around the world, Geoff Boeing…
How well players drafted in fantasy football

Statistical Visualization / fantasy, football, Kevin Quealy, Upshot

For The Upshot, Kevin Quealy used a heatmap to visualize fantasy football draft…
Gallery of uncertainty visualization methods

Statistical Visualization / Jessica Hullman, Scientific American, uncertainty

It must be uncertainty month and nobody told me. For Scientific American, Jessica…
A quiz to see if you’re rich

Statistical Visualization / income, quiz, rich, Upshot

In a compare-your-preconceptions-against-reality quiz, The Upshot asks, “Are you rich?” Enter your nearest…
Exploration of players’ shot improvement in the NBA

Statistical Visualization / basketball, time series

Wondering whether if a player’s shot improves over the course of his career,…
Wikipedia views and every line of Billy Joel’s “We Didn’t Start the Fire”

Statistical Visualization / Billy Joel, humor, Wikipedia

In the biggest crossover event of the century, Tom Lum used the Wikipedia…
Readability of privacy policies for big tech companies

Statistical Visualization / facebook, New York Times, privacy

For The New York Times, Kevin Litman-Navarro plotted the length and readability of…
Increasing ocean temperatures, decreasing ice

Statistical Visualization / climate change, National Geographic, ocean, temperature

For National Geographic, Kennedy Elliot made a series of heatmaps that show the…
Getting to zero coal in Britain

Statistical Visualization / coal, energy, Guardian

For The Guardian, Niko Kommenda shows the decrease in coal usage for power…
Game of Thrones viewer ratings by season

Statistical Visualization / Game of Thrones, imdb, ratings, Upshot

The last episode is coming. Some people don’t like how it’s ending, and…

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