Recently, my fellow SAS blogger Rick Wicklin wrote a post showing how to graph the ages of all the US presidents. And Chris Hemedinger showed how to create a bar chart showing the number of presidents having each of the 12 zodiac signs. Both are interesting graphs, but I wanted to […]
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Does it seem like there just aren’t enough daylight hours to get things done these days? It might not be that you’ve got more to do – it might be that we actually have fewer daylight hours in the winter (here in the northern hemisphere). And since “seeing is believing,” […]
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In the US presidential election, each of the 50 states has a certain number of electoral votes, based on the population. Typically, most states cast all their electoral votes for the candidate who wins in their state (all or nothing). But states can split their electoral votes if they want […]
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Elections in the US are a ‘target rich environment’ for data analysts. There are surveys and forecasts before the election, and the presentation of results during and after the voting. What’s your favorite election-related graph of all time? For the current (2016) presidential election, my favorite graphs are on the […]
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Being an Eagle Scout, the data for good movement caught my attention. I wondered if I could apply my computer skills in a way that might help. How about showing people better ways to visualize HIV/AIDS data – that might help doctors better understand the data, and therefore better treat […]
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Halloween appears be my favorite holiday, because I seem to have more graphs related to it than any of the others. And since Halloween is just a few days away, I thought you might like an easy way to see all those graphs. Here’s are links to my previous Halloween-related blog posts, containing […]
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The State Fair in North Carolina is just a few miles from SAS headquarters, and therefore it’s virtually impossible for it to slip by without me noticing it. There are two aspects of the fair that usually get lots of news coverage – what’s the latest fair-food, and did we […]
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Living to 100 isn’t as simple as just paying a certain amount of money for your healthcare. But that is an interesting aspect of longevity, so let’s have a look at the data … In my previous blog post, we analyzed how much people from various countries spend on healthcare. […]
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