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From Flowingdata.com ….. Find the names in your data with Mr. People November 8,2010 to Online Applications | Post on Twitter Inspired by Shan Carter's simple data converter,appropriately named Mr. Data Converter,Matthew Ericson just put Mr. People online. The tool lets you paste a list of names,and it will parse [...] From FlowingData…. Statistical literacy guides for the basics Sep 3,2010 to Statistics | Post on Twitter “You can get pretty far with data graphics with just limited statistical knowledge,but if you want to take your skills,resume,and portfolio to the next level,you should learn standard data practices. [...] Here at the IAJ,we have long been a fan —and user —of Prof. Robert Sahr's “Inflation Conversion Factors”web site and tools. We were snoozing at the switch a bit and didn't notice that Sahr updated the site in early June 2009. Check it out:it's filled with both PDF and Excel [...] This tip comes from our friend Stephan Russ-Mohl,of the European Journalism Observatory. Darned Statistics by Stephan Russ-Mohl European Journalism Observatory,September 26,2009 Many journalists face difficulties in dealing with statistics,and frequently lack the competence to present quantitative information to their publics in easy-to-grasp language. Nathan,over at FlowingData,has posted a fine example of infographics. The work of Willard C. Brinton is a nice extension of what was being done by U.S. government agencies. Turns out,Brinton's book can be found in used book sites,and at an affordable price. Vintage Infographics From the 1930s Posted by [...] Mary Ellen Bates offers up this good tip on “Google Squared”at August 2009 Google Squared Google Labs —the public playground where Google lets users try out new products or services that aren't yet ready for prime time —is my secret weapon for learning about cool new stuff. My favorite new discovery in Google Labs is Google Squared. It's a demonstration of a search engine trying to provide answers instead of just sites,and at a higher level than the simple “smart answers”you see when you search for “time in Rome”…[...] FYI from O'Reilly Radar. And does this suggest possibility of something like “distributed data analysis”whereby a number of widely scattered watchdogs could be poking into the same data set? If so,raises interesting questions for journalism educators:who is developing the tools to manage such investigations? Enabling Massively Parallel Mathematics Collaboration —[...] An intriguing op-ed in The Washington Post on Saturday (June 20,2009) claimed to spot fraud in the Iran elections by applying some analytic methods basically drawn from Benford's Law. Yes,read the article,but be sure to drill down into the 140+ comments. Most quite cogent and well argued. The Devil Is [...] | ||||||
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