When I’m at a social gathering, someone always asks what type of work I do. I like to keep my social life separate from my work, therefore I usually give a vague answer such as “software” (and quickly change the topic). How vague or specific is your re…
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When will women control state legislatures?
In FiveThirtyEight’s Significant Digits section, they recently mentioned that nine states could potentially have 50% or more females in their legislature after the upcoming election. My first thought – I need to see some graphs! They linked to a New Yo…
Coming to America … from Mexico
One of my favorite Eddie Murphy movies when I was growing up was Coming to America. And speaking of coming to America, there’s been a lot in the news recently about people doing just that. So I thought I’d use my SAS skills to help people wanting to co…
Cremation rates in the US, by state
I recently read an interesting article that claims “a single cremation emits as much carbon dioxide as a 1,000-mile car trip.” This got me wondering about cremation data, and I ended up on the Wikipedia page about cremation rates. They had a map of the…
Where is that volcano in Guatemala?
You’ve probably seen in the news that a volcano erupted in Guatemala recently. But do you really know much about this volcano, or even where it’s located? Hopefully this blog post will get you up to speed on your volcanology! Pictures of a recent volca…
Lowest unemployment since 1976?
It looks like we’ve finally recovered from the Great Recession, and there are even claims of record-low unemployment in several U.S. states. Of course claims like that make my data-radar go off, and I wanted to see the numbers for myself. And it’s a gr…
Can you guess which 10 rivers produce 95% of the ocean’s plastic pollution?
Plastic pollution in the oceans is becoming a huge problem. And, as with any problem, finding the solution starts with identifying the source of the problem. A recent study estimated that 95% of the plastic pollution in our oceans comes from 10 rivers – let’s put some visual analytics to […]
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What to do in Denver, during SAS Global Forum!
Are you going to Denver, Colorado, and wondering what fun/interesting/eclectic things you can do there? Then this is the map for you! For the past couple of years, I’ve made maps of the city SAS Global Forum is in, pointing out some of the attractions …