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Survey says! …. US voters are _________.

Elections are in the news again, therefore I have been on the lookout for interesting graphs. I recently found some graphs of the Census Current Population Survey (CPS) Voting and Registration Supplement data, and tried to improve them. Follow along if…

Fact checking a reddit post about GDP

I peruse many different websites to get my news, and I always keep an eye out for good (or bad) presentations of data. I recently saw a posting on reddit claiming “U.S. GDP is greater than the total of all others combined.” This news seemed too good to…

Choose your markers carefully! (for scatter plots, that is)

There are many quotes with words of wisdom to help you live your life. But sometimes one quote seems to contradict another. For example, “Don’t sweat the small stuff.” … and “The devil is in the details.” When it comes to creating graphs (and perhaps…

SAS graphs and Excel data, from Unix!

I started my computer career as a Unix system administrator, and when I began using SAS almost 30 years ago it was only natural that I used it on Unix computers (they were the most powerful/capable computers I had access to at the time). I’ve picked up…

What’s the most popular language in each US state?

I can recognize several languages when I hear people speaking them (mostly because I lived in the Alexander International Dorm at NC State University). Therefore when I found a map of the most common languages spoken in each US state, it caught my attention, and I decided to try creating my […]

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Speed -vs- stability? … let’s graph it!

As you might have guessed from some of my previous blog posts, I’m an avid paddler. I like to paddle boats, and I like to try to go fast! And when I’m considering buying a new boat, it’s only natural that I would analyze the data to make an informed […]

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