Question

Share and describe an image that depicts a visual representation of data. Briefly explain why you think this representation is particularly interesting or effective. You can create your own representation or find an example. Please, be sure to cite the source in your description if the image is not your own.

Answer 1

Screenshot via VUDlab

The Visualizing Urban Data Idealab (VUDlab) out of the University of California-Berkeley put together this visual look at data that disproves the claim in a 1973 suit that charged the school with sex discrimination. Though the graduate schools had accepted 44% of male applicants but only 35% of female applicants, researchers later uncovered that if the data were properly pooled, there was actually a small but statistically significant bias in favor of women. That’s called a Simpson’s Paradox. The interactive graphs in the data visualization let you combine and separate different segments of the data to see what exactly went down back in 1973