Tag: Data Visualization

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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..
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Michael Friendly & Claude Haiku

What Does AI Understand About a Graph?

A Conversation With a Chatbot About a Graph How much does AI know about understanding and producing graphs? I don’t mean mathematical graphs of nodes and edges. Rather, I mean common graphs..
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datacitron

Good Morning Data #9 | The Error Message Longing 

The Error Message Longing or “How we should always treasure our mistakes“The conversation was loud and happy, scattered with high-pitched laughs that were probably annoying..
A header graphic for "The Fourth Wave of Democratization," with layered text and a stylized wave pattern in teal tones.T
Amanda Makulec & Elijah Meeks

The 4th Wave: Democratization

This article is a continuation of A Changing World Speaking a shared languageData visualizations are themselves accessibility tools to see patterns and make comparisons, sometimes..
A header graphic titled "A Changing World," featuring a bar chart icon and intricate network visualizations in teal and yellow hues.T
Amanda Makulec & Elijah Meeks

The 4th Wave: A Changing World

For decades now, we’ve seen data visualization become a part of our lives politically, socially, and culturally, rather than just being a tool at work..
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..
A collage of images celebrating Frederic Fery, a contributor to "Viz for Social Good," during the VFSG Annual Summit on December 1, 2023. It features candid photos of Frederic with colleagues, a portrait labeled "Data Do Gooder," and group photos at events. The VFSG logo and a message in the bottom right read, "Not all heroes wear capes; instead, they empower others to do their best work," with several handwritten signatures of acknowledgment.H
Frederic Fery

Harnessing Data for a Better World

The world is filled with challenges, but also opportunities. As a data professional, I’ve always believed in the transformative power of data to solve problems..
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Shafeeq Ur Rahaman & Mahe Jabeen Abdul

Healthcare Insights Using Voice-Generated Data Visualizations

Dr. Erin Stevens collapses into her office chair after another hectic day at the clinic. She just spent 10 straight hours bouncing between patients without..
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Nick Desbarats

I Stopped Using Box Plots: The Aftermath

I recently learned that my 2021 article about why I no longer use box plots is now the second-most-read article in Nightingale’s history🤯 (or, at..
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Elijah Meeks

This Map Helps Fascists

The Size of Countries is Not Meaningful in Any SenseYou’ve surely seen this map or a variation of it somewhere on the internet. If, like..
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Stephen Osserman

Building Community With Data and Visualization

Stumbling into a small peer support communityI arrived at Outlier 2021 eager to learn and explore. I was a few years into my transition from..
A holiday-themed infographic in the shape of two Christmas trees, comparing holiday tipping budgets for doorman and non-doorman buildings. The infographic uses bar charts styled as tree layers, differentiating responses from renters and owners for 2023 and 2024. The design incorporates festive colors like green and red with snowflakes in the background.I
Shanfan Huang

Insights from NYC’s Holiday Tipping Tradition

Every December, New Yorkers face a unique dilemma: the holiday tipping tradition. In buildings with doormen, supers (live-in maintenance staff), and porters (cleaning and maintenance..
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Zehra Unal

Healing Through Data Visualization

This project shows data visualization I used to reflect on my healing process and find closure after a traumatic event. I recorded the literal number..
The image features a stylized, layered design against a teal background. On the right side, three profiles overlap in a vertical composition, each depicted in contrasting hues. The largest, a dark silhouette, forms the backdrop, exuding mystery. In the middle layer, an older man with glasses is rendered in warm orange tones, suggesting experience or introspection. The foreground features a younger man holding a drink with a straw, depicted in muted red tones, hinting at a more immediate, casual presence. Behind the figures, faint fingerprint patterns create texture and reinforce a theme of identity or investigation. On the left side, partially visible textured bars resemble those from a bar chart, subtly blending data visualization elements into the design. The overall tone conveys a narrative of depth, complexity, and discovery.T
Johanna Blom

Three Minutes and Forty Seconds: A Slow Horse Running

In Apple TV+’s Slow Horses, River Cartwright spends exactly 3 minutes and 40 seconds running in Season 1 alone. This observation started as a joke..
A continuation of the timeline with global milestones like Margaret Thatcher becoming the UK’s first female prime minister (1979) and the passing of the Women’s Business Ownership Act in the U.S. (1988). The timeline connects events with curved lines and labels categorized by their focus areas.C
Selma-Rachel Swire

Charting Progress: Mapping Women’s Advancement in Entrepreneurship and Financial Inclusion

In 1985–the year I was born–there were only two women holding the role of CEO at Fortune 500 companies. To date, 52 women now hold..
The image shows four grid visualizations demonstrating different distortion techniques. The top-left panel, labeled "Regular Grid," depicts a standard Cartesian grid with evenly spaced horizontal and vertical lines. The top-right panel, labeled "Fisheye in One Dimension," distorts horizontal grid lines to create a focused region while leaving vertical spacing unchanged. The bottom-left panel, labeled "Cartesian Fisheye View," applies a concentric distortion to the grid, emphasizing the center. Finally, the bottom-right panel, labeled "Polar Fisheye View," warps the grid into a circular shape, resembling a globe.D
Marius Irgens

Distortion by Design

Distortion noun /dɪˈstɔːr.ʃən/ — A change to the intended or true meaning of something; a change to the original or natural shape of something; a..