The following chart showing wage gaps by gender among U.S. physicians was sent to me via Twitter: The original chart was published by the Stat News website (link). I am most curious about the source of the data. It apparently...
The following chart showing wage gaps by gender among U.S. physicians was sent to me via Twitter: The original chart was published by the Stat News website (link). I am most curious about the source of the data. It apparently...
@apollo_0 on twitter asks me to comment on this, by Scientific Britain: Here's my comment:
This WSJ graphic caught my eye. The accompanying article is here. The article (judging from the sub-header) makes two separate points, one about the total amount of money raised in IPOs in a year, and the change in market value...
When this post appears, I will be on my way to Seattle. Maybe I will meet some of you there. You can still register here. I held onto this tip from a reader for a while. I think it came...
Robert Kosara posted a response to my previous post. He raises an important issue in data visualization - the need to aggregate data, and not plot raw data. I have no objection to that point. What was shown in my...
Quite the eye-catching chart this: The original accompanied this article in the Wall Street Journal about avian flu outbreaks in the U.S. The point of the chart appears to be the peak in the flu season around May. The overlapping...
Some time ago, this chart showed up in a NYT Magazine (it's about sex): In this composition, the visual element (the circles) has no utility. A self-sufficiency test makes this point clear. All the data (four numbers) are printed on...
On the sister blog, I wrote about Hans Rosling’s recent presentation in New York (link). I noted that Rosling has apparently simplified his visual palette. Rosling is best known as the developer of the Gapminder tool, used to visualize global...
Alberto Cairo, Stephen McDaniel and I were asked about our "favorite" data visualization at the Qlik Conference this week. Stephen wrote up our answers here.
