Den 1. november skal der være valg til folketinget. I 2015 og 2019 kiggede jeg på, hvor lang valgkampen ville være sammenlignet med tidligere valgkampe. Denne valgkamp skal ikke være nogen undtagelse. I figuren nedenfor viser jeg hvor lang valgkampen er i år sammenlignet med tidligere år. Valgkampen vil i år være 27 dage. Det […]
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Potpourri: Statistics #88
1470. D’ya Like DAGs? A Survey on Structure Learning and Causal Discovery 1471. Custom Discrete Color Scales for ggplot2 1472. A New Coefficient of Correlation 1473. Ten simple rules for teaching yourself R 1474. The case for variable labels in R 1475. Fooled by beautiful data: Visualization aesthetics bias trust in science, news, and social […]
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I am 34 33 32 now. Here is a fun fact: I’m older than half of the world’s population. Actually, it turns out that all dogs alive when I was born are, according to Wikipedia, long gone. I am by most sensible metrics not young anymore. Maybe I spend a disproportionate amount of time thinking […]
How to improve your figures #11: Do not repeat information
Do not repeat information in your visualisations. I repeat: Do not repeat information in your visualisations. Space is limited when you visualise data, and you need to make sure that every pixel is worth the space. If you repeat information in a figure, you are most likely using certain defaults and not repeating information consciously […]
Uber and irresistibly interesting data
The other day, the Guardian could report that Uber paid Alan Krueger $100,000 for a study that was positive towards Uber. The fact that the study was positive towards Uber should come as no surprise. You do not pay a lot of money for a study showing that your business is bad for the world. […]