Histograms. Why Histograms?
A better question is “Why not histograms?”. Basically, the best way to look at the distribution of your numerical data is to use the histogram (most statisticians give it an...
10/29/2024
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Telling a Story with Your Data
First, let me say that I love poster-style dashboards. Just take a look at Jennifer Dawes and Chimdi Nwosu’s profiles to see some amazing examples. It’s also important to note...
09/20/2024
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Introduction to the DOM | DigitalOcean
Introduction to the DOM Developer and author at DigitalOcean. Introduction The Document Object Model, usually referred to as the DOM, is an essential part of making websites...
06/21/2024
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Smart Outlier Detection Assistant
Smart Outlier Detection Assistant Download topic as PDF Smart Outlier Detection Assistant The Smart Outlier Detection Assistant enables machine learning outcomes for users with...
06/14/2024
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The Declutter and Focus Concepts – Popular Academic Opinions or Effective Design Principles?, Nightingale
Declutter and focus are two guidelines for creating clear and efficient visualizations. The declutter guideline suggests removing all the non-critical elements of the chart like...
06/13/2024
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The 10 Best Tips for your Top-of-Funnel Marketing Strategy
Modern marketing tactics require you to have a strong understanding of your customers, the journey they take to make a purchase, and the goals and pain points they have along...
05/23/2024
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Why Do All Websites Look the Same?
8 min read Why Do All Websites Look the Same? The internet suffers from a lack of imagination, so I asked my students to redesign it Today’s internet is bland. Everything looks...
05/07/2024
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What Makes a Data Visualization Confusing?
Why are some visualizations so easy to understand at first sight while others seem to be some sort of graphical puzzle? Why do some visualizations need to be relearned every...
04/15/2024
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How Pew Research Center uses git and GitHub for version control
The research we do on Pew Research Center’s Data Labs team typically involves multiple members of our team working collaboratively on code that covers all aspects of a research...
03/25/2024
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Data Horror Stories - What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
Working for data teams unavoidably creates horror stories that crystalize themselves in the brains of those who have experienced them. Terrible bosses who don’t understand...
03/24/2024
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What's the plot of your data story?
It rains cats and dogs once a day. Iguanas sunbathe next to the road. You try to speak Spanish but sound French. The scattered sentences above are small beats of my holiday...
03/04/2024
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Alternative Map Projections in Tableau
If you've already read the blog post and you are just looking for the files, you can download them from my Google Drive here. Otherwise, please check out the full blog post...
02/24/2024
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