What is the correlation between gun laws and firearms deaths in US States?
Category: *social justice
Inflation Across Fast Food Chains from 2014 to 2024
How have fast food prices risen over the last ten years?
At a Global Level, Income Inequality is Estimating to Have Improved Since 2000
Why is income inequality decreasing at a global level, when we have so many new billionaires?
Gender Parity at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris
How has participation of female athletes in the summer Olympic games changed over summer?
Border Apprehensions on the Southern US Border
Why are illegal border crossings at sustained highs?
Rates of Homelessness in OECD Countries
Over 2 million people in OECD countries are experiencing homelessness, but rates differ by country. Which country has the highest rates? ...the lowest? How did the country with the lowest support people to find and stay in stable housing?
America’s Nepotism Problem: What fields do fathers pass on the most advantage to their sons?
How big is America's Nepotism? American data scientist and economist Seth Stephens-Davidowitz gathered some data about men born in the mid-20th century and their fathers. It looks like certain professions are more prone to yielding Nepo Babies. Plus a great introduction to log scale!
Income Mobility Across Generations in OECD Countries
How many generations would it take for those born in low-income families to approach the mean income in their society?
Life Expectancy Compared with GDP
Make a list of the countries where people live the longest. Would the list just read as a list of richest countries? Why or why not? Check out these scatterplots: one that focuses on comparing Latin America with other nations, and one that shows the whole world.
Who are America’s Breadwinners: Five Decades of Societal Shifts
Who are America's breadwinners? How has this changed in the last 50 years?
Where Pets are Acquired
Where Pets are Acquiredgraph by Best Friends Animal Society; slow reveal by Lori Rosales (Slide Deck includes notes and questions to elicit discourse) Type of Graph: bar graph Visualization Source: Best Friends Animal Society, "Lifesaving by the Numbers: Animal Welfare Statistics." Best Friends website, accessed December 13, 2023. Data Source: American Pet Products Association, 2021 Survey.… Continue reading Where Pets are Acquired
NASA Astronaut Cumulative Days in Space Record Holders
How long are the longest space flights for US astronauts? What is it like to spend a year (or two?!) in space?
Percentage of Adults Earning More than $100,000 per year — by race and immigration status
How does earning potential compare when you break down the information by race? ...by immigration status? ...both?
Race of Academy Award Winners in Big 5 Categories
Michelle Yeoh's win for Best Actress at the 2023 Academy Awards marked the first time an Asian actress took home that trophy! This graph tracks wins in the Oscar's Big Five categories. What data would we want to determine exactly how underrepresented people in these groups are?
Americans’ Familiarity with Juneteenth (2021)
It's almost Juneteenth! How many Americans are familiar with the history of Juneteenth? Does it influence whether people think it should be a federal holiday? How does this break down by race?
Comparing Working Hours and Salary in OECD Countries
In different countries, workers might work different numbers of hours for the week. Where do people work the most? And does this correspond to higher pay? Why or why not? What trends do you notice? And who is missing from this data?
The US Cities Where the Cost of Rent is Rising the Fastest
Renters Beware: The US Cities Where the Rents are Rising the Fastest
The Number of Female CEOs Is Rising
In 2015, there were more CEOs of S&P 500 companies named John or Jon than there were CEOs that were women. How has this changed in the years since?
The Income You Need to Purchase a Home in Canada (English + Français)
How much income do you need to purchase a home in Canada? And can a typical family afford the typical home? (graph from Mandy Lam/@datawithprofmandy on insta)
Blog: Using Slow Reveals to Illuminate Tiny but Powerful Details in a Graph
Blog Post: Using Slow Reveals to Illuminate Tiny but Powerful Details in a Graph by Jenna Laib Last week, a middle school social studies teacher and I co-planned a slow reveal graphs lesson...