API and Apps: An example fom official statistics
An example of an API access to statistical data The U.S. Census Bureau now offers some of its public data …
Category Archives: USA
Open Government Data Benchmark: FR, UK, USA
Finally there’s a very interesting comparison of OGD in three leading countries. qunb did it . Have a look at …
Taking You Back
Where statistics meet individuals: US Census Bureau publishes the 1940 Census records. http://www.census.gov/1940census/index.html http://www.archives.gov/research/census/1940/start-research.html And lots of interesting infographics http://www.census.gov/1940census/then_and_now/key_comparisons_years.html
Official Statistics: Identify Common Challenges
In his Blog Director Groves of the US Census Bureau informs about an important discussion among his colleagues (thanks Xavier …
Open data: Waiting ….
UK and US governments support open data … not only in their own countries. In an official letter they ask …
Infovis vs. Statistical Graphs?
Two statements from a controversy on data visualisation: statisticians vs. visualisation specialists, statistical graphics vs. Information visualization (a.k.a infovis). A controversy? …
Mapping America
A recent project of The New York Times allows to ‘browse local data from the Census Bureau‘s American Community Survey, …
US Census Budget: House Bill Would Gut Economic Monitoring, Endanger GDP And Other Stats
From ‘WASHINGTON — If you think Congress doesn’t understand the economy now, wait till you see what a key House …
Journalism in the Age of Data
Journalism in the Age of Data from Geoff McGhee on Vimeo. Journalists are coping with the rising information flood by borrowing data …
Historical Statistics
From New York Times, Monday, September 6, 2010 Some readers have asked where I get the numbers that go into posts …
MIT-World: Visual Overviews for Cultural Heritage
From: Visual Overviews for Cultural Heritage: Interactive Exploration for Scholars in the Humanities, Arts, and Beyond Ben Shneiderman May 20, 2010 …
