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Archive: 2018

Moviepass reminds me of Groupon

Analytics-business interaction

Moviepass reminds me of Groupon

Kaiser Fung, founder of Principal Analytics Prep, explores the business model behind Moviepass, the popular but money-losing movie subscription company. Counterfactual thinking, and understanding consumer behavior are key parts of the analysis.

Foodies say, add dataviz spice please

Foodies say, add dataviz spice please

Kaiser Fung, founder of Junk Charts and Principal Analytics Prep, explains why the Venn diagram is not easy to read, and discusses some nice interesting food and beverage menus.

Dead man tells no tales but dead statistician had the story down

Dead man tells no tales but dead statistician had the story down

Kaiser Fung, author of Numbersense and founder of Principal Analytics Prep, explains the preliminary finding about the death of a Tesla driver, and warns about drawing the wrong conclusions due to a biased sample.

Digital revolution in China: two visual takes

Digital revolution in China: two visual takes

Kaiser Fung, founder of JunkCharts and Principal Analytics Prep, discusses a map in the Economist about the digital silk road in China. What's the story?

A puzzle, and a cause for concern

A puzzle, and a cause for concern

Kaiser Fung, founder of Principal Analytics Prep and author of Numbersense, reports on a disturbing encounter with Google News.

Exercising fails to stop obesity, doh

Exercising fails to stop obesity, doh

Kaiser Fung (Numbersense, Principal Analytics Prep) reacts to an article claiming more gym memberships have not reduced obesity rate.