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Tag: noticing trends
Disney Princess Baby Names in the US (1951-2021)
Are prospective parents influenced by the names of princesses in Disney movies? How much of an influence do these movies have over naming trends? Check out the slide deck and questions on slowrevealgraphs.com
The World’s Biggest Employers
The World's Biggest Employers graph from Statista; slow reveal by Jenna Laib (@jennalaib) Slide Deck 1 reveals the topic early on and then students make sense of the employers. Slide Deck 2 reveals the employers early on without the topic, and students make sense of that. Both has them analyzing the quantities and what they… Continue reading The World’s Biggest Employers
Americans overestimate the size of minority groups – scatterplot edition
Americans overestimate the size of minority groups and overestimate the size of majority groups (scatterplot) graph from YouGov; slow reveal by Jenna Laib (@jennalaib) (Slide Deck includes notes and questions to elicit discourse) Type of Graph: scatterplot Source: Orth, Taylor. "From millionaires to Muslims, small subgroups of the population seem much larger to many Americans." YouGov: March… Continue reading Americans overestimate the size of minority groups – scatterplot edition
IMDb Ratings for Leonardo DiCaprio’s Movies Over Time
Do you know someone named "Alexa"? Click to access the slide deck, and learn more about math & content connections.
Living Arrangements of 25-34 year olds in the US
Do you know someone named "Alexa"? Click to access the slide deck, and learn more about math & content connections.
How do the phases of the moon impact tides? (The Sea of Cortez)
How does the moon impact the tide? Data from the Sea of Cortez (Puerta Penasco, Sonora, Mexico) Click to access the slide deck, and learn more about math & content connections.
The Importance of Religion Compared with the Level of GDP per Capita
How does the importance of religion within a country compare with their level of GDP per capita? What do the outliers tell us about correlation vs causation? What DOES cause a country to get richer? Click to access the slide deck, and learn more about math & content connections.
The Price and Popularity of Solar Panel Installation
The cost of solar installation has plummeted over the last decade. How has that impacted solar power's popularity? Click to access the slide deck, and learn more about math & content connections.
Koalas Clinging to a Tree: A Novel Way to Cool Off
Why do koala hug trees? Click to access the slide deck, and learn more about math & content connections.
World Population Living in Extreme Poverty, 1820-2015
How many people are living in extreme poverty across the world? How has that changed over time? Click to access the slide deck, and learn more about math & content connections.
Colors per National Flag
How many colors do different flags use? Click to access the slide deck, and learn more about math & content connections.
The Corn Lobby: Corn Production and Land Use in the US
The US is so much more efficient at growing corn in 2021 compared with decades gone by! What does that mean for the country? Click to access the slide deck, and learn more about math & content connections.
Comparing Number of Births & Number of Deaths in the US
Births have declined over the years, whereas number of deaths have gone up with the population. Still, the number of births generally outnumber the deaths. When did that change? Click to access the slide deck, and learn more about math & content connections.
Racially Diverse Book Authors
The Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC) tracks the backgrounds of authors of books of childrens and teens. What does this data show over time? Click to access the slide deck, and learn more about math & content connections.
Books with Queer Representation
Every year, Malinda Lo tracks the number of books published each year with queer representation. What trends do you notice? Click to access the slide deck, and learn more about math & content connections.
Google Trends: When do people want to know how many tablespoons are in a cup?
When do people google the conversion from tablespoons to cups? What trends do you notice? What does this mean about what Americans are doing? Click to access the slide deck, and learn more about math & content connections.
Age and Salary of NBA Players, 2017-2018
What is the relationship between an NBA player's age and their salary? Click to access the slide deck, and learn more about math & content connections.
ACT Scores are Strongly Correlated to Family Income
Are college admissions test fair? This graph reveals some interesting trends in the results from the ACT test, organized by family income. Click to access the slide deck, and learn more about math & content connections.
Tornadoes in Alabama, by Year
Why is the number of tornadoes increasing? How do we use statistics to look at trends? Click to access the slide deck, and learn more about math & content connections.