Percentage of Dialogue Spoken by Male and Female Characters in Disney Screenplaysgraph from Hannah Anderson and Matt Daniels/The Pudding; slow reveal by Jenna Laib with support for some questions from Dr. B Waid (Slide Deck includes notes and questions to elicit discourse) Type of Graph: segmented bar graph Visualization Source: Anderson, Hanah and Matt Daniels. "The… Continue reading Who Speaks More: Percentage of Dialogue Spoken by Male and Female Characters in Disney Screenplays
Dead Zones: Bottom-Water Area of Hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexicograph from NOAA; slow reveal by Jenna Laib (Slide Deck includes notes and questions to elicit discourse) Type of Graph: bar graph Visualization Source: NOAA. "What is a dead zone?" National Ocean Service website, https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/deadzone.html, August 2, 2023. Data Source: NOAA and Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium… Continue reading Dead Zones: Bottom-Water Area of Hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico
How much plastic is produced across the world? If we continue with "business as usual," how much plastic will our earth be saddled with by 2060?
How many US undergrads are diagnosed with mental illness? How has this changed over time?
Are young people today more anxious than previous generations? What's going on?
Some animals have baby teeth, just like we do. How does their number of baby teeth compare to our number? How might diet shape this?
More and more climbers are scaling Mount Everest. Something that sounds epic and adventurous can actually cause problems, as overcrowding has resulted in unsafe climbing conditions and mountains of trash.
How does earning potential compare when you break down the information by race? ...by immigration status? ...both?
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?
How old are Olympic gymnastics "all around" champions? What statistical questions can this representation answer? What can't it answer?
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?
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 number of yearly wildfires in Canada has stayed about the same or decreased. So why is the total yearly emissions from wildfires increasing dramatically?
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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 Arctic sea ice cover grows and shrinks over the course of the year, but it's typically at its greatest coverage during the month of March. How does this look from year to year? How can data encourage us to take action?
It's almost π day (3/14 in the US)! Some people like to try to memorize π. Is it possible for them to memorize all the known digits? How many digits ARE known, and how has our knowledge of π changed over time?
Every year, Ottawa's Rideau Canal Skateway (a UNESCO world heritage site) is host the world's longest skateway! But not in 2023. How unusual is this? How long have other seasons been? (slow reveal by @scottwestwell)
What do you notice about the relationship between the size of an animal the number of heartbeats it has per minute?
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