Tag: Charts

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Or Misgav

A Garden of Sleep: Tracking the Emotional Distance Between Two Bedtimes

For the past six months, my husband and I haven’t gone to sleep at the same time.We both work full-time and raise two young children,..
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Gulrez Khan

From Homemaker to Data Storyteller: Lessons from a Local Analytics Class

Recently, I concluded a 6-weeks intensive Data Analytics Course in our local community. I vividly remember how participants responded when I asked each to introduce..
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Fe Simeoni

Datafying Mixed Social Identities: Nonbinarity as the Complementary of Intersectionality

Capturing mixed social identities through categorical data presents significant challenges. Nonbinarity provides a conceptual, computational, and visual framework for reimagining social identities beyond binary oppositions...
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Sachi Mahajan

Decoding the Influence of Visual Data in Consumer Decisions

Do you ever wonder why your eyes dart to a flashy “50% OFF” sticker? or an appetite-stimulating visual of potato chips on a pack in..
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DVS Editor

What Can Business Dashboard Designers Learn from the Information Is Beautiful Awards?

Why do I still love the field of data visualisation after 20 years? It’s the levers that exist between form and function, beauty and insight,..
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Kenneth Odoh

Scrollytelling with Closeread: The Super Low-Code Way to Bring Your Data Project to the Web!

Introduction What is Scrollytelling?Scrollytelling is a dynamic, interactive storytelling technique often used in web-based formats, that reveals insights, visuals, and narrative elements as the user..
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Shafeeq Ur Rahaman & Mahe Jabeen Abdul

Transforming AI-Driven Data Analytics with DeepSeek: A Critical Analysis of Visualization Capabilities

Artificial intelligence (AI) has made significant strides in revolutionizing data visualization. From simplifying complex datasets to automating real-time insights, AI-powered tools are changing how businesses,..
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Shirley Wu

Senses & Sentiment: When data is too emotional for the screen

After doing data visualization work for eleven years, in 2021 I decided to go back to school to gain the skills and tools for creating..
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Emma Rubin

The Endless Stories in Baby Name Data

Throughout my time as a student I was used to being known with a last initial. My first name Emma has consistently ranked in the..
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Christian Osborne

The Hidden Toll: Microaggressions and the Impact on People of Color in the Workplace

Minority groups face microaggressions regularly in their day-to-day lives, but these incidents are most encountered in the workplace, often more than are documented. Many in..
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Natalia Kiseleva

Paperbase: A Window into Photographic Paper History

The Lens Media Lab at Yale University’s Institute for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage has created Paperbase, an interactive platform for exploring the world’s largest..
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Alex Solokov

Beyond the Binary: Improving Data Visualization for Intersectional Identities

Personal and group identity are foundational to the human experience, shaping our values, relationships, and self-perceptions. These identities intersect across categories like gender, race, ethnicity,..
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Gulrez Khan

From Moonsighting to Ramadan Data Journaling

As I was heading out to the mosque for the evening prayer, I heard a soft voice from the kitchen—”Abbu, wait! I’ll join you.”It was..
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Emma Eisenberg

Why Your Teen Doesn’t Care About Driving

My own parents were baffled when I showed no interest in getting a permit or driver’s license in high school, and looking around my school,..
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Paul Kahn

Napoleon, Trump, and the Best Statistical Graphic Ever Drawn

Now that I have your attention, let me ask you three simple yes-or-no questions.  Why you have seen Minard’s diagram of Napoleon’s invasion of RussiaWhen..
A combination of a line graph comparing Pariza's and Zoeya's running totals in a Scrabble game and an illustration of a woman in a hijab sitting at a Scrabble board, looking pensive. Pariza's line is pink, and Zoeya's is black, with their names handwritten on the graph near their respective lines.C
Gulrez Khan

Cultivating Data Literacy with Board Games

बस हवा से भरे गुब्बारे हैं ये सुई चुभा दो तो फट जायेंगे।लोग गुस्से में Bomb नहीं बना करते !~Gulzar Rough translation of the above lines..