Scatter Plot

Dots are placed in an x-y coordinate system, based on two variables. The plot is often used when it is thought that the variables are correlated.

Tutorials and Guides

Examples

Diversity in college admissions without considering race

For NYT’s The Upshot, Aatish Bhatia and Emily Badger model how colleges might…

How much AI will affect your job

Research by Edward W. Felten, Manav Raj, and Robert Seamans provides estimates for…

UC admission rates for California public and private high schools

For the San Francisco Chronicle, Nami Sumida shows admission rates at University of…

Shifts in time on the Doomsday Clock

The Doomsday Clock is a metaphorical clock that symbolizes a catastrophic end to…

Happiness and Meaning in What We Do

There are things that make us happy. There are things where we find meaning in the everyday. What are the things that give us both?

Names that are more dog or more human

There appears to be a trend of using human names for pets. Alyssa…

Who pays for Twitter

Twitter Blue is a subscription service from Twitter that primarily provided premium features…

Gas prices and confidence

Everywhere you go, gas prices show up on big boards, like a proxy…

Estimating the condition of the economy

Measuring the condition of the economy is tricky, because there are many parts…

More friendships between rich and poor might mean less poverty

Recently published in Nature, research by Chetty, R., Jackson, M.O., Kuchler, T. et…

U.S. still the outlier for gun homicide rate

This chart from The New York Times, based on estimates from Our World…

A test for a potentially flawed study on randomness and age

In 2017, a study posited that human behavior complexity peaks at age 25…

Possible cheating seen in a scatterplot

When plotting Russian election results, a structured grid patterns appear. From The Economist:…

Historical context for the heat in the Pacific Northwest

It’s been hot in the Pacific Northwest the past few days. NYT’s The…

Divorce Rates and Income

Divorce rates are tied to job security, age, and occupation, so it should make sense that we see a pattern when we plot divorce rates against income.

Population Growth and Seats Gained

The Census Bureau released state population counts for 2020. Here's how each state gained and lost population and seats.