Bar Chart
The old standby. The classic. The bar height or length represents data. The baseline starts at zero.
A Better Chart, Limitations Considered: Exit Poll Results (The Process #77)
Welcome to a new segment where I try to put myself in the shoes of someone who made a bad chart and try to make it better.
Guessing Names Based on What They Start With
I'm terrible at names, but maybe data can help. Put in your sex, the decade when you were born, and start putting in your name. I'll try to guess before you're done.
Moratorium On Bar Chart Races; When Impractical Visualization is More Practical (The Process #68)
The dataisbeautiful subreddit announced a moratorium on the ever popular bar chart race. The frequency of submissions that used the method got out of hand and spam made it all the less savory. Still, the method holds value.
When Americans Reach $100k in Savings
It was reported that 1 in 6 millennials have at least $100,000 saved. Is this right? It seems high. I looked at the data to find out and then at all of the age groups.
Percentage of Households in Each Income Level
What percentage of households fall into lower-, middle-, and upper-income levels when you adjust for household size?
A Familiar Chart with a Twist (The Process #33)
There's a new hotness in chart town. It's a bar chart. But it moves to show rankings over time.
Shifts in How Couples Meet, Online Takes the Top
How do couples meet now and how has it changed over the years? Watch the rankings play out over six decades.
How People Meet Their Partners
"So how'd you two meet?" There's always a story, but the general ways people meet are usually similar. Here are the most common.
Baby-Making Age
We looked at prime dating age and when people usually marry. Now it's time for the next step in the circle of life.
Ask the Question, Visualize the Answer
Let's work through a practical example to see how asking and answering questions helps guide you towards more focused data graphics.
Cuisine Ingredients
What are the ingredients that make each cuisine? I looked at 40,000 recipes spanning 20 cuisines and 6,714 ingredients to see what makes food taste different.
Basketball Stat Cherry Picking
Wow your friends during the game with random win percentages, based on various player stats.
Alabama voter demographics
Democrat Doug Jones won in the senate race against Republican Roy More last…
Changing internet markets for sex work
The internet changed how sex workers and clients find each other and how…
Stack Overflow salary calculator for developers
Stack Overflow used data from their developer survey to build a prediction model…
He vs. She in film screenplay direction
In screenplays, there are directions that tell actors and actresses what to do…
Gender representation in comic books
Amanda Shendruk for The Pudding analyzed how genders are represented differently in comic…
Income Taxes You Would Pay in Each State
Some states have high rates. Some have low. But whether a state is lower or higher for you depends on more than just the high brackets.
How to Spot Visualization Lies
Many charts don't tell the truth. This is a simple guide to spotting them.
