An amazing, year-long, analog data drawing project made by two women: Giorgia Lupi and Stefanie Posavec. ‘Each week we collect and measure a particular type of data about our lives, use this data to make a drawing on a postcard-sized sheet of paper, and then drop the postcard in an English “postbox” (Stefanie) or an American “mailbox” … Continue reading In Love with Data
They all use statistics … in the media, in politics, in sports. But they mostly forget that statistics, especially official statistics, are made by professionals in a quite demanding, time- and resource-consuming process. The WO/MAN-IN-THE-MIDDLE, the professionals, providing information and knowledge from facts remain hidden (despite Googles’ statement that statistician will be ‘the sexy job in … Continue reading Attention please!
October 20th is the day of Official Statistics. It’s the day to highlight the importance of reliable, independent and high-quality numbers. Numbers that help to make good, evidence-based decisions. This year “Better data, better lives” is the theme of the World Statistics Day selected by the United Nations General Assembly. https://worldstatisticsday.org/ Many countries also celebrate this … Continue reading Today – Statsday
October 20th is the day of Official Statistics. It’s the day to highlight the importance of reliable, independent and high-quality numbers. Numbers that help to make good, evidence-based decisions. This year “Better data, better lives” is the theme of the World Statistics Day selected by the United Nations General Assembly. https://worldstatisticsday.org/ Many countries also celebrate this … Continue reading Today – Statsday
18 October 2015 On October 18, 2015, Swiss voters elect a new Parliament for the next four years. Source: https://www.bk.admin.ch/ More about Swiss elections here For the National Council (200 members), 3,802 candidates and more than 22 political parties take part. And the winners are … The polling stations closed at 12 AM. The results arrive canton by … Continue reading Look at the Elections
18 October 2015 On October 18, 2015, Swiss voters elect a new Parliament for the next four years. Source: https://www.bk.admin.ch/ More about Swiss elections here For the National Council (200 members), 3,802 candidates and more than 22 political parties take part. And the winners are … The polling stations closed at 12 AM. The results arrive canton by … Continue reading Look at the Elections
Hans Rosling, co-founder and promoter of the Gapminder Foundation and of gapminder.org fights with statistics against myths (‘Our goal is to replace devastating myths with a fact-based worldview.’) and tries to counterbalance media focussing on war, conflicts and chaos. Here one more example (and this in a media interview…): ‘You can’t use media if you … Continue reading For a fact-based Worldview
Hans Rosling, co-founder and promoter of the Gapminder Foundation and of gapminder.org fights with statistics against myths (‘Our goal is to replace devastating myths with a fact-based worldview.’) and tries to counterbalance media focussing on war, conflicts and chaos. Here one more example (and this in a media interview…): ‘You can’t use media if you … Continue reading For a fact-based Worldview
On October 18, 2015 Swiss voters will elect a new Parliament for the next four years. There are some very useful and also beautiful visual tools that help voters to get informed about developments in the political landscape and about candidates. . Background: The Swiss Political System The full picture of Switzerland’s political institutions and … Continue reading Elections, visual
