Facebook used R to analyze how, when, and what users do with their updates.
For more details, visit Facebook blog at:
What’s on your mind? | Facebook
Thursday, December 30, 2010
Saturday, December 25, 2010
Using statistics to understand armed conflict
Drew Conway, a doctoral student in New York, uses statistical analysis to make sense of armed conflicts. Pasted below is his graphic that he developed from analyzing Wikileaks data about Afghanistan in July 2010. He used R software to generate the graphic.
The gold standard in newsroom graphics: The New York Times
Watch Amanda Cox explain how The New York Times uses the graphics in the print and online edition. The New York Times has been at the cutting edge of using data and graphics. The hour-long video is worth watching for any one interested in using data to communicate.
Forbes magazine recognizes R
R is on a role. First it was the New York Times, than the Facebook, and now Forbes.
Friday, December 24, 2010
Data journalism at its best
Watch how journalists at Guardian used the data to paint a hitherto hidden picture of the Afghan war.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/datablog/interactive/2010/jul/26/ied-afghanistan-war-logs
Is the economy really recovering?
The for-hire motor carrier freight services price index has maintained its upward trend since the first quarter of 2009. The price index collapsed in the middle of 2008 indicating the slow-down in the economy and the resulting lower demand for freight services.
The moderate, yet sustained, increase in the price of freight services since early 2009 suggest that the demand for such services has been increasing in Canada, albeit at a slower pace. The couriers and messengers services price index also exhibited a moderate increase of 0.2% in November over October. The year-over-year increase was 2.7%, again a moderate increase in the cost of doing business in Canada.
This should be welcome news because the price pressures are moderate in Canada and conducive for sustained economic growth.
Source: Statistics Canada
Value Added Tax set to increase in UK
The Value Added Tax (VAT) is set to increase in UK from 17.5% to 20% as of January 4. The increase in tax is likely to induce higher demand for retail because consumers will try to beta the tax by purchasing before January 4. This bodes well for retailers, at least in the short run.
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