Tag Archives: data visualization

Sunday data/statistics link roundup 12/23/12

Posted on December 23, 2012 by Jeff Leek

A cool data visualization for blood glucose levels for diabetic individuals. This kind of interactive visualization can help people see where/when major health issues arise for chronic diseases. This was a class project by Jeff Heer's Stanford CS448B students Ben Rudolph … Continue reading →

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Sunday data/statistics link roundup (12/9/12)

Posted on December 9, 2012 by Jeff Leek

Some interesting data/data visualizations about working conditions in the apparel industry. Here is the full report. Whenever I see reports like this, I wish the raw data were more clearly linked. I want to be able to get in, play … Continue reading →

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The statisticians at Fox News use classic and novel graphical techniques to lead with data

Posted on November 26, 2012 by Jeff Leek

Depending on where you land in the political spectrum you may either love or despise Fox News. But regardless of your political affiliation, you have to recognize that their statisticians are well-trained in the art of using graphics to persuade … Continue reading →

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Sunday data/statistics link roundup (7/1)

Posted on July 1, 2012 by admin

A really nice explanation of the elements of Obamacare. Rafa’s post on the new inHealth initiative Scott is leading got a lot of comments on Reddit. Some of them are funny (Rafa’s spelling got rocked) and if you get past the … Continue reading →

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Sunday data/statistics link roundup (5/27)

Posted on May 27, 2012 by admin

Amanda Cox on the process they went through to come up with this graphic about the Facebook IPO. So cool to see how R is used in the development process. A favorite quote of mine, “But rather than bringing clarity, it … Continue reading →

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Interview with Hadley Wickham - Developer of ggplot2

Posted on May 11, 2012 by admin

Hadley Wickham Hadley Wickham is the Dobelman Family Junior Chair of Statistics at Rice University. Prior to moving to Rice, he completed his Ph.D. in Statistics from Iowa State University. He is the developer of the wildly popular ggplot2 software for … Continue reading →

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