some great data visualizations
http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/katie-ledecky-is-the-present-and-the-future-of-swimming/ http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/08/01/us/elections/nine-percent-of-america-selected-trump-and-clinton.html
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Module 3: Frequency Distributions & Charts
Module #3 focuses on representing quantitative data using visuals such as charts, tables, and graphs. Frequency tables are a central focus of this module. Goals/Objectives understand how to construct frequency distributions (frequency tables) understand how to select appropriate charts for variables understand how to read complex charts and data visualizations create frequency tables in SPSS properly read frequency distributions in SPSS to describe data choose appropriate charts in SPSS for single variables Assigned Readings & PPT Bennett, Chapter 3: Visual Displays of Data Chapter 3: Visual Displays of Data ppt Handouts & Extras Inequality as Seen from Space Fox News & Charts Pews Visuals of Voter Preference Presidential Election 2012 Assignment(s) Book chapter - 3.3: 11, 13 Book chapter - 3.3: 11, 13 KEY Lab SPSS HMWK #3: Frequency Distributions & Charts SPSS Video: Frequency Tables
mapping social class and income - rich blocks, poor blocks
A nice little mapping app to quickly seen how income and SES map. richblockspoorblocks.com
Pew's interactive 2012 Election Voter Preferences
This is a great interactive site from Pew Research Center for tracking voters' preferences for the 2012 Presidential Election: http://www.people-press.org/obama-romney-voter-preferences/#all-registered-voters
Fox News continues charting excellence
A great graphic of how important a visual can be. Fox News tried to show the change in the top tax rate if the Bush tax cuts expire, so they showed the rate now and what'd it be in 2013. Wow, it'll be around five times higher. Wait. No. The value axis starts at 34 percent instead of zero, which you don't do with bar charts, because length is the visual cue. That is to say, when you look at this chart, you compare how high each bar is. Fox News might as well have started the vertical axis at 34.9 percent. That would've been more dramatic. Here's what the bar chart is supposed to look like: With a difference of 4.6 percentage points, the change doesn't look so crazy. [via Effective Graphs ] http://flowingdata.com/2012/08/06/fox-news-continues-charting-excellence/
Income inequality, as seen from space
A very interetsing post, think stats and GIS. Income inequality, as seen from space by Tim De Chant , persquaremile.com May 24th 2012 Last week, I wrote about how urban trees—or the lack thereof— can reveal income inequality . After writing that article, I was curious, could I actually see income inequality from space? It turned out to be easier than I expected. Below are satellite images from Google Earth that show two neighborhoods from a selection of cities around the world. In case it isn't obvious, the first image is the less well-off neighborhood, the second the wealthier one. Rio de Janeiro Rochinha Zona Sul Oakland West Oakland Piedmont Houston Fourth Ward River Oaks Chicago Woodlawn Hyde Park Beijing Fengtai Chaoyang Boston metro area, Massachusetts Ball Square, Somerville West Cambridge Your examples Do you have other cities or neighborhoods in mind? I'd love to hear from you. Send me an email with photos...
Social Explorer
Social Explorer is a great resource for demographic and mapping data for the US and was created right at CUNY-Queens College.