The pervasive influence of data
On any given day there is a slew of data-generated headlines – today, taking the briefest of glances at the news agenda, there’s record-breaking rainfall and a slowdown in the construction sector.
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Data and the London Mayoral elections – let the data help you decide
The Guardian's Data store compiles London data to give an overview of the capital.
Mapping election data for North Wales
This is the data analysis behind how I, Andrew Stuart, did the data for the Daily Post interactive election map for 2012 on the website for the Daily Post, a regional daily newspaper in North...
Big Data Week UK
It’s Big Data Week, a collection of events devoted to exploring the juicy opportunities that huge datasets present. These events are primarily for techie and business folk, but I thought I’d go along to...
Bringing a news story alive with data
A batch of stats may ostensibly seem dry – but I was having a ponder about the benefits of using data to bring depth to a topical news story. And if by magic, one...
VISUALISATION ANALYSIS #3
http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/interactive/2012/mar/26/office-for-national-statistics-health Simon Rogers has published a fantastic interactive graphic for the Guardian Datastore that maps teenage pregnancy rates in England and Wales from 1998 to 2010. The visualisation shows the conception rate of under-eighteen...
PIP implants – the emotional and the statistical: looking at Department of Health data
The PIP implant scandal has been rumbling on, with no resolution, for a protracted period now. It’s exactly two years since France’s health regulator, AFSSAPS, ordered the withdrawal of silicone breast implants made by...
Infographic: Your Cell Phone is Killing You
Check out this infographic, on the growth and obsession of mobile phones. Shared with the DJB by Tony Shin (@ohtinytony), one of our blog subscribers, and created by OnlineMastersDegree.com
Visualisation Analysis #2
Simon Rogers has created a visualisation showing death penalty statistics, country by country, for the Guardian Data Blog. http://bit.ly/hdFOpa http://bit.ly/hflX1V The visualisation uses a bubble graph on a map of the world to depict...
Visualisation Analysis #1
Following on from my earlier post exploring different ways to present data, I have decided to analyse two examples of visualisations from the Guardian Data Store. http://bit.ly/HsqsLf The first is a map of UK fuel...
