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2006-04-26
New World Birth Rate Metrics
INFO VISUALIZATION: Reuters has some illustrative visualizations on birth rates and population growth.
Pop quiz. Biggest pensions in the world + flat population growth =
A. European economic crisis.
B. No worries d00d! Das no problem.
C. European economic crisis. ¶ 10:04 AM 6 Comments
Pop quiz. Biggest pensions in the world + flat population growth =
A. European economic crisis.
B. No worries d00d! Das no problem.
C. European economic crisis. ¶ 10:04 AM 6 Comments
2006-04-17
Monday Morning Coffee Visual Aids
INFO VISUALIZATION: Two new visualizations for you this morning:
- Cabspotting: An animated map showing the location and speed of San Franciscan cabs.
- World Population TreeMap: Another treemap -- this one using (I think) Treemap 4.0 in a Java Applet.
2006-04-13
New York City charts
INFO VISUALIZATION: Here are some charts I created for the New York City Demographics page on Wikipedia. For your viewing pleasure.
Key:
Percentage EDIT: Rate of New York City borough population growth, decade over decade.
New York City population, total and by borough, from 1900 to 2000. Figures in millions.
New York City population, total and by borough, from 1790 to 1890. Figures in millions.
New York City borough population from 1790 to 2000. Figures in millions.
New York City population, total and by borough, from 1790 to 2000. Figures in millions.
¶ 9:28 AM 12 Comments
Key:
- New York City
- The Bronx
- Brooklyn
- Manhattan
- Queens
- Staten Island
New York City population, total and by borough, from 1900 to 2000. Figures in millions.
New York City population, total and by borough, from 1790 to 1890. Figures in millions.
New York City borough population from 1790 to 2000. Figures in millions.
New York City population, total and by borough, from 1790 to 2000. Figures in millions.
¶ 9:28 AM 12 Comments
Scatterplot of Religion and Crime Shows Slight Correlation
DATA: Check out this great paper called Cross-National Correlations of Quantifiable Societal Health with Popular Religiosity and Secularism in the Prosperous Democracies. It shows that religion doesn't have the effect on a nation that many people suspect it has.
Specifically, it looks at crime rates v. religiosity and finds that, at best, the relationship is random and, at worst, religion has the effect of increasing crime rates. (Correlation does not imply causation though. It could be random, or perhaps people turn to religion when the streets around them are crime ridden?) ¶ 8:14 AM 1 Comments
Specifically, it looks at crime rates v. religiosity and finds that, at best, the relationship is random and, at worst, religion has the effect of increasing crime rates. (Correlation does not imply causation though. It could be random, or perhaps people turn to religion when the streets around them are crime ridden?) ¶ 8:14 AM 1 Comments
