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Data visualization lessons: Jitter charts, screwups, and visionaries
by meep
These are somewhat connected, but not.
Jitter charts – how and why to make them
Jitter charts are my new favorite tool for displaying how distributions change over time.
I used them to great effect in my recent post One Bad Year? Comparing the Long-Term Public Pension Fund Returns Against Assumptions.
I’m often looking at distributions, and wanting to communicate something about how those distributions change over time, or how distributions compare. Often, I have...
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September 2022 Sumo has Started!
by meep
Today, September 11, 2022, is the start of the Aki Basho, or the Fall Grand Sumo Tournament! (Aki just means Autumn or Fall in Japanese). Tournaments are held each odd-numbered month, and every other tournament is held in Tokyo (So January, May, and September are in Tokyo).
Let’s take...
World Suicide Prevention Day: U.S. Suicide Trend Update 1999-2021
by meep
Today, September 10, 2022, is World Suicide Prevention Day.
Recently, there was the creation of a new emergency number for suicide help: 988
Here is the website: 988 Lifeline
Now, sorry to say, my specialty isn’t preventing suicide, but noting the trends, so that’s what I’ll do in this.
I also support...
We Get Results! The Bogus Death Spike of NC and CT are Now Gone!
by meep
Huzzah!
Kudos to the modelers of the CDC for updating their assumptions! You have been noticed!
The fixed graphs:
Prior posts on the bogus death spikes:
August 28: More on the Mystery Death Spike of CT and NC (that is totally bogus)
August 20: A...
Advice on the CDC 2021 Life Expectancy Report
by meep
In which I give advice to those currently living as to how to consider the effects of COVID on their life expectancy (short version: yes, COVID may have had an effect; no, the CDC report provides no information on that score) and advice to the CDC...
Labor Day 2022 Gift: Public Plans Projection Tool Update!
by meep
I know, I know, and you didn’t get me anything.
Well, you’re giving me your attention, which should be gift enough.
Video explainer
Here’s a video with a few demos:
A screenshot
There’s basically no difference...
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