September 15, 2014
Briefly
- The US Social Security baby names database (from, tidy version) has been popular for data exploration and visualisation, but it’s not perfect. At proofreader.com, a look at the sex ratio in the database over time, and why it’s different from the 53% male you’d expect.
- From the New York Times, interactive visualisations of failure rates for different methods of contraception
- From the Brainflapping blog at the Guardian, a set of classifications for science stories (Axe Grinding, Soapbox, Wild Extrapolation). My favourite “Article has not been checked by anyone who knows how to communicate”
Thomas Lumley (@tslumley) is Professor of Biostatistics at the University of Auckland. His research interests include semiparametric models, survey sampling, statistical computing, foundations of statistics, and whatever methodological problems his medical collaborators come up with. He also blogs at Biased and Inefficient See all posts by Thomas Lumley »