Data Visualisation, from the World Cup to Drugs in Arkansas

This summer I taught a graduate statistics course in data visualisation at the University of Arkansas. As a final project the students had to find a data set, think of questions you could ask of it and then prepare graphics that enable people to explore those questions. They chose a wide range of topics, fitting into three main categories, sports, international development and crime. Here are the results.

Sports

World Cup Luis Ek

Baseball James Weese

International Development

The Internet comes to Africa Solomon Sahle

Energy, Wealth and Carbon Kristi Mai

Crime

Drugs in Arkansas Todd Thomas

Domestic Violence in New York Thy Dao

Murders in Chicago Eric Johnston