comparison

Visualizing Differences

Guides / comparison, contrast, difference

Focus on finding or displaying contrasting points, and some visual methods are more helpful than others. A guide.
Useless Data Comparisons

Guides / baseline, comparison

Apples and oranges situations where the comparisons make no sense.
Dinosaurs versus airplane

Infographics / BBC, comparison, dinosaurs, size

Scientists found the fossils of a giant dinosaur that they estimate was 26…
Race distributions of police departments versus residents

Infographics / comparison, New York Times, police, race

When you compare distributions of race for police departments and for the residents…
Size comparison of everything

Infographics / comparison

If you’re like me, you often wonder how big the Stay Puft Marshmallow…
Gallons of stuff that cost more than gasoline

Infographics / comparison, gallons, gasoline

In response to Sarah Palin’s complaints about gas prices around four dollars per…
Chinese provinces compared to countries

Maps / China, comparison, GDP

It’s easy to forget just how big some countries are. For example, China:…