Nothing to see here
Some graphics are made to inform, some to amuse, some to delight.
Economics
Applying numbersense to a Bloomberg report
Eric P. asked me to comment on his recent post via twitter.
The importance of a proper scale
Business Insider (link) highlighted a map showing childhood food insecurity across the
The inutility of stacking columns
When I see a stacked column chart like this:
(via Andrew Sullivan)
De-noising data
One of the most important steps in analyzing data is to remove
Spin, spin, spin away
If the data is bad, no amount of graphical magic can save it