Statistical Visualization

Finding patterns, distributions, and anomalies.

Number of abortions in each state, by restriction status

Statistical Visualization / abortion, Roe v. Wade, Washington Post

The Washington Post has a set of charts showing the current status of…
A test for a potentially flawed study on randomness and age

Statistical Visualization / age, Pudding, randomness

In 2017, a study posited that human behavior complexity peaks at age 25…
Redrafting the NBA, based on past player performance

Statistical Visualization / basketball, draft, Pudding

With the NBA playoffs underway, it can be fun to watch the best…
Comparing rich people incomes and the taxes they pay

Statistical Visualization / income, ProPublica, scale, wealth

Based on leaked IRS data for the 400 wealthiest Americans, ProPublica provides a…
More gender-neutral names

Statistical Visualization / gender, Georgios Karamanis, names

Georgios Karamanis plotted the ratio of girls-to-boys over time for all the names…
Working the triple peak

Statistical Visualization / keystrokes, Microsoft, work

Microsoft researchers analyzed keystrokes by time of day, for a sample of Microsoft…
Oscar outfits as public health graphs

Statistical Visualization / clothes, humor, Oscars, William Lopez

The 2022 Oscars came and went, and it was like all anyone could…
Climate spiral to show temperature change

Statistical Visualization / Ed Hawkins, NASA, temperature

Say what you will about circular visualization, but the spiral plays. This one…
Most people think their employers don’t care about their well-being

Statistical Visualization / Gallup, pandemic, well-being, work

Based on polls by Gallup, almost half of U.S. employees thought their employers…
Partisan excess deaths

Statistical Visualization / Axios, coronavirus, partisanship

Excess deaths is the difference between expected deaths based on historical data and…
Total refugees from Ukraine, compared to other countries

Statistical Visualization / New York Times, refugees, scale, Ukraine, war

Millions of Ukrainians (over three million as of this writing) have left their…
Imports to Russia from countries that imposed sanctions and not

Statistical Visualization / imports, Russia, sanctions, Washington Post

For The Washington Post, Andrew Van Dam, Youjin Shin and Alyssa Fowers plotted…
US spending on Ukraine

Statistical Visualization / spending, Ukraine, Upshot, war

For NYT’s The Upshot, Bianca Pallaro and Alicia Parlapiano break down the United…
Your place in the world population

Statistical Visualization / age, population, World Data Lab

Population.io by World Data Lab asks your birthday, country of residence, and gender.…
NameGrapher to explore past baby name trends

Statistical Visualization / baby names, Laura Wattenberg, Martin Wattenberg

NameGrapher is an interactive chart that lets you explore historical trends for baby…
Wordle analysis through the lens of 15m tweets

Statistical Visualization / Robert Lesser, Twitter, Wordle

I don’t know if you’ve heard of it, but there’s this game called…
Reducing the risk of nuclear war

Statistical Visualization / nuclear, Our World in Data, risk, war

For Our World in Data, Max Roser discusses the risk and possible destruction…
Stat-driven view on how American conservatives shifted against vaccine

Statistical Visualization / coronavirus, politics, vaccination, Vox

As we know by now, conservatives in the U.S. are more commonly against…
Fashion industry’s environmental impact

Statistical Visualization / Bloomberg, environment, plastic

For Bloomberg, Rachael Dottle and Jackie Gu look at the current state of…
Distribution of snowfall estimates to show uncertainty

Statistical Visualization / snow, uncertainty, Upshot, weather

For NYT’s The Upshot, Aatish Bhatia, Josh Katz and Margot Sanger-Katz show the…

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