Archive for the 'Charts' Category
I Swivel Data
March 28th, 2008(This post is the second in a three-part series on data-sharing websites. Part one is here.)
I’d heard of the data-sharing site Swivel some time ago. When I first went there, there weren’t a lot of datasets uploaded, so there wasn’t much to look at. The site was in a pretty rough-and-ready state, too. So I figured I’d just check back later, and some months later, I did just that, leading to this write-up.
Swivel is a website started in December 2005 by two physics majors named Dmitry Dimov and Brian Mulloy. They call themselves “data nerds”, a …
Charting a Course
October 25th, 2007(Today’s post is about charts. Mainly, I’m going to talk about the production of charts, and it’ll benefit you the most if you’re looking to make some yourself. They might seem simple, but I think this post will increase your appreciation of the humble chart, too. Even if you’re not much into making them, this post should allow you to pick out some frequent flaws in charts you may see, an always-popular topic at dinner parties.)
Charts are one of the most important parts of data analysis. They form one half of the “dynamic duo” of reporting …