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Chinfographics: Data visualizations of all things China

By on July 20, 2010 in China, Data

Check out Chinfographics, a great data visualization site that has a lot of useful graphics of data, statistics, and other phenomena regarding China.  Each graphic is accompanied by a brief blog post explaining the data used to the develop the graphic, along with a bit of contextualization.  I firmly believe in the power of eye-catching, simple [...]

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Just discovered: Gapminder

By on May 21, 2010 in Data

I recently discovered Gapminder.org, a non-profit data visualization venture whose mantra is “Unveiling the beauty of statistics for a fact based world view.”  While started as an independent initiative in Stockholm back in 2005, it caught the eye of Google, which then acquired the site and the “Trendalyzer” software in 2007. As someone who works [...]

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