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Health Indicator Trendlines
Community Indicators | July 24th 2008 by Ben Warner
From XKCD via the Bacon Salt Blog:OK, so I like the idea of telling a story with a graph. And I like bacon. And I thought this was funny. And I am trying to justify putting this picture on a community indicators blog. Any help here? read more
"Baby Got Stats"?
Community Indicators | June 6th 2008 by Ben Warner
I apologize in advance. See Chris Blattman's Blog for a rap song about statistics.Then go wash your ears out with Mozart. read more
Data Humor
Community Indicators | May 8th 2008 by Ben Warner
From the 8 May 2008 Dilbert comic strip:(The official link to the website is below. It didn't want to display correctly, and I lacked the patience to troubleshoot it.) read more
The Onion Examines Geographic Literacy
Community Indicators | March 12th 2008 by Ben Warner
I think I need to point out up front that The Onion is not one of those news sources that obsesses about facts. I thought some of you might enjoy this. Report: 6 Out Of 10 Americans Cannot Locate Payless Shoes On A Mall Map WASHINGTON—"No schoolc read more
Graphing Popular Songs
Community Indicators | February 27th 2008 by Ben Warner
Here's an example of an amusing trend -- folks who are using graphing and charting tools to illustrate popular songs. You may recognize this song on the left as California Dreaming. (Click on each picture to enlarge.)This site has 140 more songs simi read more
Indicators for Valentine's Day
Community Indicators | February 11th 2008 by Ben Warner
It probably doesn't surprise the Gentle Reader of this blog that I pay attention when people bring up how they could use data to make better decisions. What continues to astonish me is how easily data-driven decision making and the use of metrics to read more
Data in Pop Culture
Community Indicators | February 7th 2008 by Ben Warner
This is a bit of a departure, and perhaps not all of you will find this post useful in your community indicators projects. That's OK. One of the key messages we share with our communities is the importance of data, and a second is that data are eve read more
Graphing Tautologies
Community Indicators | December 12th 2007 by Ben Warner
OK, so it's a little silly. Let me know if you use the graph in your next indicators report, though.Special thanks to Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal comics. read more
I Made Charts and Graphs!
Community Indicators | September 16th 2007 by Ben Warner
OK, this is a little dated, but how can you not like a webcomic with the punch line "I Made Charts and Graphs!" If you're into movies, be sure and check out Theater Hopper.(Found on Theater Hooper from September 2005. This looks a little small -- go read more
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