Check out the Lifespan of News project
Kaiser Fung (Junkcharts, Principal Analytics Prep) reviews the Lifespan of News project that tracks the rise and fall of news stories over time and space, using Google search data.
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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.
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?
Apparently Hollywood does not recycle action-movie plots. The data said so, so it must be right
It pains me to think how many people have used these keywords to build models.
If you are using Facebook Ads split testing (A/B testing), stop fooling yourself
Kaiser Fung, founder of Principal Analytics Prep, and former director of Applied Analytics at Columbia University, explains why you can't run proper A/B tests on Facebook
Another simple Excel chart needs help
Kaiser Fung, founder of Principal Analytics Prep and Junk Charts, takes apart an Elon Musk chart, created using some Excel defaults.