Blog – Raw Data Studies

To stack or not to stack

That is the question. Or is it about the value of the individual responses versus combined responses? And don’t forget to smooth.

by xangregg May 19, 2021May 19, 2021

Querying Census Bureau for Divorce Rates

Trying to remake a divorce percentage chart led me learn about the new Census Bureau table query interface to its Public Use Microdata.

by xangregg May 8, 2021

Looking at the raw data behind two recent studies of early suicide counts during the Covid-19 pandemic gives me a chance to try out a “moving box plot” since the data is a bit sparse for regular confidence intervals.

by xangregg May 1, 2021

Graphic Review: SPLC Hate Report

The Southern Policy Law Center has released its “The Year in Hate 2020” report (PDF) cataloguing hate group activity throughout the year. I review some of the graphs. Perhaps a closer look will raise our awareness of the content.

by xangregg April 19, 2021April 19, 2021

Welcome to Raw Data Studies

Welcome to my new blog of my visual explorations of data! Some say raw data doesn’t exist, so you can think of “raw” as applying to the studies rather than the data if that helps.

by xangregg April 18, 2021April 17, 2021

Until time is no more – bat charts

Can beauty exist without meaning? I examine a time-based stacked area chart where the time component is of dubious value. Plus a rare pie chart appearance and a quick scatterplot remake.

by xangregg April 2, 2021April 17, 2021

Economic convergence extrapolation

A suspicious regression chart from an economics working paper leads to an exploration that finds an error in the original and some interesting alternate views.