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How Many Cups of Coffee The ‘Friends’ Characters Consumed

June 30, 2017 ~ connorpjennings ~ Leave a comment

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Curious about the amount of coffee each character consumed? Here is the link to check out the graphs.

How Culture and Language Affects Drawing Shapes

June 19, 2017June 19, 2017 ~ connorpjennings ~ Leave a comment

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Thu-Huong Ha and Nikhil Sonnad at Quartz created some great visuals examining how a person’s culture and language effects how they draw basic shapes. Here is the link to check out the graphs and code behind them.

Japanese cherry blossoms

June 2, 2017 ~ connorpjennings ~ Leave a comment

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The economist explores how over the past 200 years the peak of cheery blossoms in Japan moves earlier and earlier. Read the article to find out what they believe is causing it!

Perceptions of Probability

June 1, 2017 ~ connorpjennings ~ Leave a comment

The words we use to describe numbers can have different meanings to different people. Zonination creates comes visuals to show what different words mean to different people. Here is the link to check out the graphs and code behind them.

How the American Workday Breaks Down by Occupation

May 17, 2017 ~ connorpjennings ~ Leave a comment

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The majority of adult Americans’ days are broken into work, home or sleep, and everything else. FlowingData builds a visual tool to better understand how these categories differ by occupation and time of day. Here is the link to check out this article.

Where Slang Comes From

May 16, 2017 ~ bestofdatablog ~ Leave a comment

Screenshot 2017-05-16 15.59.00This custom interactive graphic allows users to analyze trends in slang words overtime and by region. Here is the link to check out this article.

Racial preferences in online dating

May 13, 2017May 13, 2017 ~ bestofdatablog ~ Leave a comment

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Quartz writer, Ritchie King, conducts an analysis to show how race impacts online dating. Here is the link to check out this article.

 

The Repetitiveness of Pop Lyrics Overtime

May 13, 2017May 13, 2017 ~ bestofdatablog ~ Leave a comment

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The writers over at Pudding.cool, came up with another great article! Colin Morris looks at the repetition of pop song lyrics overtime. Here is the link to check out this article.

Dog Names in New York City

May 13, 2017May 14, 2017 ~ bestofdatablog ~ Leave a comment

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In the City of New York, all dogs must be registered. The City of New York took the registered dog names and made an interactive data visualization to show the popularity of different dog names. Follow this link to check out the names.

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