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.
It looks like a tornado. It's messy. It's circular. It almost looks intentionally confusing. But how bad is it really?
The combination of a time series chart and a scatter plot lets you compare two variables along with temporal changes.
We already looked at minimum wage over time, but when it comes to geography and income, you also have to consider the cost of living for a fair comparison.
For Reuters, Julia Janicki and Simon Scarr, with illustrations by Catherine Tai, show…
Based on estimates from the MIT Trancik Lab, The New York Times plotted…
The University of Oxford’s Blavatnik School of Government defined an index to track…
A $600 per week benefit expires for the unemployed at the end of…
People tend to have more money saved up over time, but range and variation also grow, and often it’s not enough.
For The New York Times, Kevin Litman-Navarro plotted the length and readability of…
Bloomberg charted voter turnout for the just past midterm elections, comparing 2018 against…
Ben Schmidt uses deep scatterplots to visualize millions of data points. It’s a…
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.
I’m pretty sure this is all that most people want to know. The…
What percentage of a waiter and waitress's income comes from tips and what comes from salary? The calculation isn't straightforward but we can try.
Some jobs tend towards higher divorce rates. Some towards lower. Salary also probably plays a role.
You had me at craft beer. Russell Goldenberg for The Pudding looks for…
Families often move out of the city to the suburbs for more affordable…
With this scatterplot, Quoctrung Bui and Margo Sanger-Katz for The Upshot describe where…
