Jon Udell’s blog post about visual explanations in the Washington Post. After pointing out some problems with two graphs that he found that paper he goes on to say:
First, that we all need all need more and better tools to help us create and analyze these visual explanations. Second, that the natural home for such tools is online. We should expect to find much more there than static PDFs of the printed infographics. The data, as well as the interactive tools used to analyze the data, can and should be online. It should be straightforward to verify facts and explore alternate interpretations.
Although I would agree with this sentiment, the current size and resolution of monitors limits their ability to display data visualizations effectively. However, the New York Times is making some effort to include Flash-based interactive graphics in their online edition: The State of Executive Pay in 2005
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by Catherine on March 16, 2006
in Uncategorized
Looking at the effect the increase in housing prices on people’s perception of wealth.
So again, has the housing bubble created a wealth illusion? It does seem that many Americans feel wealthier because of the large increases in home equity in recent years. However, it is difficult to gauge how people feel about their wealth. The most obvious way to demonstrate that we feel wealthier because of increases in home equity is by measuring how much equity many Americans have pulled out of their homes in recent years. As we have seen in this paper, the numbers are enormous. Most people will not use their homes as a piggybank unless they are feeling pretty good about your wealth (or if they are very desperate – it doesn’t appear that many people fall into this category). Based on this, it is safe to say that most of us are feeling wealthier these days because of the soaring prices of our homes.
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by Catherine on March 15, 2006
in Uncategorized
A researcher at the World Bank is looking at the income distribution around the world.
True World Income Distribution, 1988 and 1993: First Calculation Based on Household Surveys Alone: calculates, for the first time ever, inequality among world citizens using detailed household survey data from more than 100 countries. Shows that inequality increased between 1988 and 1993.
[tags] world income inequality [/tags]
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A Critic of InfoGraphics in the Washington Post
by Catherine on March 22, 2006
in Critiques and Commentary
Jon Udell’s blog post about visual explanations in the Washington Post. After pointing out some problems with two graphs that he found that paper he goes on to say:
Although I would agree with this sentiment, the current size and resolution of monitors limits their ability to display data visualizations effectively. However, the New York Times is making some effort to include Flash-based interactive graphics in their online edition: The State of Executive Pay in 2005
Tagged as: Blog, Interactive Graphic, IRS, World
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