Archive Using Zipf’s law to help understand Covid-19 Photo by Glen Carrie on UnsplashThe Covid-19 pandemic is a rapidly moving challenge. As countries…Debra M. Boka, Paul Velleman and Howard WainerMarch 18, 2021
Archive Covid-19 tweets analysis for human emotion detection Photo by visuals on UnsplashSocial media is a place for people to share their feelings,…Md Yasin Kabir and Sanjay MadriaMarch 18, 2021
Archive Controlling the spread of coronavirus via repeat testing and isolation Photo by Jakayla Toney on UnsplashWhat to do about Covid? With nearly 60 million cases…Joseph T. Chang and Edward H. KaplanNovember 25, 2020
Archive The evolution of the endemic stage of the Covid-19 outbreak in Italy during summer 2020 Photo by Gabriella Clare Marino on UnsplashItaly was the first European country to suffer a…Robbayes-C19November 5, 2020
Archive Returning to schools and universities in the time of coronavirus: some statistical suggestions Pupils returned to school in England, Wales and Northern Ireland after the summer break mainly…Giovanni Sebastiani and Julian StanderOctober 7, 2020
Archive Off the “radar”? Here are some alternatives grebeshkovmaxim/Bigstockphoto.comRadar charts, also called web charts, spider charts or star charts, are often used to…Alexandre Morin-ChasséSeptember 24, 2020
Archive Applying “zones of influence” to social distancing in schools Photo by LOGAN WEAVER on UnsplashSocial distancing is important in controlling the spread of Covid-19. This…Glenna NightingaleJuly 10, 2020
Archive Visualizing the Covid-19 pandemic with doubling rates Artwork by Bosny (bosnyart.com)As the popularity of coronavirus data visualizations increases, so does the risk…Luke Anderson-Trocmé and Sahir BhatnagarJuly 10, 2020
Archive The many definitions of a Covid-19 death toll Photo by Dan Burton on UnsplashThis note considers the different measures of the death toll…Simon BriscoeMay 13, 2020
Archive Why England’s daily reported Covid-19 deaths are not the number of people that have died in a day Photo by Hello I'm Nik 🎞 on UnsplashThe UK government provides an update during their…Kathryn LeemingMay 5, 2020
Archive Some comparisons between Italy and the UK for Covid-19: March to April 2020 Photo by KOBU Agency on UnsplashWith the rapid global spread of Covid-19 in recent weeks,…Giovanni Sebastiani, Julian Stander and Mario Cortina BorjaApril 21, 2020
Archive A story about a tiny bot Photo by Rock'n Roll Monkey on UnsplashThe prediction of the stock market is without question…Marco Antonio Andrade BarreraFebruary 19, 2020
Archive The ties that bind: A moment-ratio diagram for probability distributions A moment-ratio diagram allows a modeller to see several probability distributions at one time. The…Lawrence M. Leemis and Raghu PasupathyJune 20, 2019
Archive How reliable is your wearable heart-rate monitor? Fitbit, Garmin and other consumer heart-rate monitors are increasingly being used in clinical trials. The…TimJune 22, 2018
Archive Letter in response to “Key decisions”, page 42, December 2017 I usually enjoy Allan Reese’s columns on aspects of data graphics, but I was significantly less…Brian TarranApril 6, 2018
Archive Facebook data harvesting: what you need to know Facebook makes most of its money from advertising, and – as the Cambridge Analytica scandal…Gráinne Maedhbh Nic LochlainnApril 5, 2018
Archive Betting on a royal birth: how many babies will be born the same day? On 4 September 2017, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge – better known as “William…Shomoita Alam and James HanleyFebruary 22, 2018
Archive Visualising ages and life trajectories of Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom Rick Wicklin, over at The DO Loop blog, published an interesting graph showing the ages of…Mario Cortina Borja & Julian StanderJanuary 24, 2018
Archive Graphical interpretations of data: Walking the line “Best fit” line is one of the misleading terms that confuse occasional users of statistics.…Allan ReeseJanuary 24, 2018
Archive A time to kill: Great British serial killers "Serial killer" is a term customarily used to refer to a person who has murdered…Charlotte Moragh Jones-ToddDecember 19, 2017