Social Explorer is an online data mapping application. The free tier only includes access to the Census 2000, according to their pricing chart. But, it looks like an interesting tool for analyzing data, and I wanted to bookmark for future reference.
Tag: data analysis
A View of Despair
A View of Despair is a really interesting visualization of suicide statistics in the Netherlands in 2017.
The Pandemic Cyclone
"This chart shows the daily number of new Covid-19 infections in each state over time. The y-axis is the population-normalized number of new infections per day; the x-axis is the rate of transmission (Rt). Each dot is a state or territory of the US, colored by region, and the area of the dot is proportional … Continue reading The Pandemic Cyclone
Effective Data Visualization: Transform Information into Art
"In this course, [Data illustrator Sonja Kuijpers] gives you the tools you need to transform data into captivating illustrations using colors, shapes, and images. Discover how to collect and analyze data sets, as well as how to transform them into a unique poster that tells a story. Are you ready to create your own data … Continue reading Effective Data Visualization: Transform Information into Art
The tidyverse style guide
All style guides are fundamentally opinionated. Some decisions genuinely do make code easier to use (especially matching indenting to programming structure), but many decisions are arbitrary. The most important thing about a style guide is that it provides consistency, making code easier to write because you need to make fewer decisions."-Hadley Wickham, "The tidyverse style … Continue reading The tidyverse style guide
Problems of Post Hoc Analysis
"Misuse of statistical testing often involves post hoc analyses of data already collected, making it seem as though statistically significant results provide evidence against the null hypothesis, when in fact they may have a high probability of being false positives…. A study from the late-1980s gives a striking example of how such post hoc analysis … Continue reading Problems of Post Hoc Analysis
On the Structure of Popular Films
"James E. Cutting, a Cornell University psychology professor, has compiled several datasets on the structure of popular films, including one that indicates the length of each shot in 220 movies from 1915 to 2015.—James E. Cutting website h/t Data is Plural
The Stages of Relationships, Distributed | FlowingData
Bubble animation showing the stages of a relationship, i.e., first met, romantic, living together, and married, over time with two halves showing the differences between the 1970s and 2010s. Key insight, living together is much more prevalent now. https://flowingdata.com/2019/03/26/relationship-stages/
The Plain Person’s Guide to Plain Text Social Sciences by Kieran Healy
The Plain Person's Guide to Plain Text Social Science is written for graduate students in the social sciences, but useful for any writer. For people not doing sophisticated data analysis, the key suggestions are to use a text editor like Emacs for writing, Markdown for formatting, git—such as on GitLabs—for version control, and a translator … Continue reading The Plain Person’s Guide to Plain Text Social Sciences by Kieran Healy
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