Data Visualization
An interesting visualization of gay rights in the United States, by state and region
The vote on the proposed Amendment One in North Carolina, which defines marriage in the NC state constitution as between one man and one woman, and bans any other type of domestic legal union, such as civil unions and domestic…
More on Virginia’s Colleges
Speaking of infographics, I’ve been playing with the college completion data I highlighted previously. Below is a star chart (aka radar chart, spider chart) of data on Virginia’s 4-year public colleges.Each spoke represents a different piece of data, and the…
Demographics and Infographics
I read quite a few blogs about demographics and statistics. One of my favorites is FlowingData, which is written by Nathan Yau, a PhD candidate in statistics at UCLA. He focuses mainly on how researchers use data visualization to convey…