Curious about the amount of coffee each character consumed? Here is the link to check out the graphs.
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How Culture and Language Affects Drawing Shapes
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
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
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
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
This 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
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
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
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.
