Statistical Visualization

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?

The Natural Science Museum of Barcelona has a growing database of 50,000 records…

The Obama administration just posted a graph showing monthly job loss from December…

Tableau Software, popular for making data more accessible, mainly in the business sector,…

President Obama announced his 2011 budget proposal. How does it compare to last…

Statisticians are generally behind the times when it comes to online applications. There…

Statistical graphics are often… kind of bland. But that’s fine, because they’re usually…

GE and Ben Fry (now the director of SEED visualization), show the cost…

This comic was really amusing, although it might be because I’m a big…

Shan Carter, Amanda Cox, and Kevin Quealy of The New York Times explore…

As we all know, Facebook lets people update their friends with status updates,…

Have you ever rushed to the airport only to find that your flight…

From Shan Carter, Amanda Cox, Kevin Quealy, and Amy Schoenfeld of The New…

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) keeps an archive of…

From William Couch, Kristen Novak, Michelle Price and Joshua Hatch of USA Today,…

The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) makes a lot of world…

Say what you want about Michael Jackson, but there’s no denying the great…