This @nytimes cartogram is getting a lot of deserved praise, but I wanna talk about one particular design choice that is simply genius:
— John Burn-Murdoch (@jburnmurdoch) November 11, 2018
Separating the states from one another.
Why is this such a brilliant decision? A very brief thread: pic.twitter.com/ggCqCL0j0P
"The Wall" in the US gets a lot of press these days. It's however a fact that the rich part of the globe are already very successfully barricaded themselves behind (metaphorical) walls.
— Simon Kuestenmacher (@simongerman600) November 11, 2018
Source: https://t.co/fQjAbzJCZa pic.twitter.com/lIQx4cPB1Z
In 9 out of 10 midterm races, the candidate who spent the most money won. But some political obstacles are too great for even money to overcome. My latest for @axios, with an interactive to play with. https://t.co/Mjs2Jci8L0 #Midterms2018 pic.twitter.com/fZbe3XMHPW
— Harry Stevens (@Harry_Stevens) November 10, 2018
Chart ranks US Politicians along the liberal-conservative spectrum. The Democrats went a bit more towards the liberal end while Republicans moved more towards the conservative end.
— Simon Kuestenmacher (@simongerman600) November 10, 2018
Source: https://t.co/xVuT94WL3z
Awesome @Freakonomics podcast on the topic: https://t.co/AgXJ3qSoEZ pic.twitter.com/lMVNuaj1JD
📊 plots w/ MOAR deets!
— Mara Averick (@dataandme) November 9, 2018
"ggstatsplot: ggplot2-based plots w/ statistical details" 🖊 @patilindrajeets https://t.co/Obmdm0BT8B #rstats #dataviz #ggplot2 pic.twitter.com/IcQuBDc144
⏰📉 temporal-viz helpers…
— Mara Averick (@dataandme) November 9, 2018
"ggTimeSeries: Time Series Visualisations w/ the Grammar of Graphics" ✍️ @atherenergyhttps://t.co/BocilBHFUc #rstats #dataviz pic.twitter.com/cwDVjOnDHf
Geography isn’t destiny but there seems to be a loose connection between distance from the equator and the development level of a country (human development index data). Source: https://t.co/q3ZSQ8nl0b pic.twitter.com/9wERIJhwtK
— Simon Kuestenmacher (@simongerman600) November 8, 2018
One taught me love
— David Robinson (@drob) November 8, 2018
One taught me patience
One taught me pain#rstats pic.twitter.com/abvcLN4gkk
Woah, there's a lot of cool @BBGVisualData stuff I've missed…
— Mara Averick (@dataandme) November 7, 2018
🚫 "Trump Team’s Conflicts and Scandals: An Interactive Guide" https://t.co/gMxYB6yfHw #ddj pic.twitter.com/wUsskDf0G5
Featuring the Pachinko, a @randyyeipWSJ design for keeping track of key House races. What happens when the battlegrounds up top are called? You'll just have to wait to find out! pic.twitter.com/SUqwGccUn9
— Elliot Bentley (@elliot_bentley) November 6, 2018
♨️ Everything you ever thought of doing w/ a heatmap, and probably more…
— Mara Averick (@dataandme) November 6, 2018
📕 "ComplexHeatmap Complete Reference" by @jokergoohttps://t.co/HHPxjITMBd #rstats #dataviz pic.twitter.com/7C08WAftEI
Always infuriating to see this incredibly misleading graphic doing the rounds.
— John Burn-Murdoch (@jburnmurdoch) November 4, 2018
Data/methodology flawed to the point of making it totally useless for drawing *any* conclusions, yet it lives on.
One of many good debunkings here from @FullFact: https://t.co/U50DBgBBQp https://t.co/IE2wWgOJeN
