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Table showing MLB American League Central win forecasts with probability distributions, projected wins, and playoff chances for Tigers, Royals, Indians, White Sox, and Twins.

Tables 2014-04-01

Win Forecasts: American League Central

From Breaking Down ESPN’s First MLB Season Forecast by Neil Paine, Ritchie King

FiveThirtyEight table showing MLB American League East win forecasts with probability distributions, projected wins, division chances, and playoff chances for five teams.

Tables 2014-04-01

Win Forecasts: American League East

From Breaking Down ESPN’s First MLB Season Forecast by Neil Paine, Ritchie King

FiveThirtyEight table showing MLB American League West win forecasts with probability distributions, projected wins, division and playoff chances for Rangers, Athletics, Angels, Mariners, and Astros.

Tables 2014-04-01

Win Forecasts: American League West

From Breaking Down ESPN’s First MLB Season Forecast by Neil Paine, Ritchie King

FiveThirtyEight table showing win forecast probabilities, projected wins, division win chances, and playoff chances for NL Central teams: Cardinals, Pirates, Reds, Brewers, and Cubs.

Tables 2014-04-01

Win Forecasts: National League Central

From Breaking Down ESPN’s First MLB Season Forecast by Neil Paine, Ritchie King

Table with inline bar charts showing win forecast probabilities, projected wins, division and playoff chances for five NL East teams: Nationals, Braves, Mets, Phillies, and Marlins.

Charts 2014-04-01

Win Forecasts: National League East

From Breaking Down ESPN’s First MLB Season Forecast by Neil Paine, Ritchie King

Table showing MLB National League West win forecasts with probability distributions, projected wins, division win chances, and playoff chances for Dodgers, Giants, D-Backs, Padres, and Rockies.

Tables 2014-04-01

Win Forecasts: National League West

From Breaking Down ESPN’s First MLB Season Forecast by Neil Paine, Ritchie King

Area chart showing cumulative itemized individual contributions for James Webb from March to November 2006, rising sharply to $5 million after an opponent's gaffe.

Charts 2014-04-01

Fundraising After an Opponent's Gaffe

From A Gaffe Can Matter When It Motivates the Base by Nate Silver

Bar chart showing weekly count of news articles mentioning Allen and macaca from August to November 2006, peaking near 240 in late August and 230 in early November.

Charts 2014-04-01

Media Coverage: News articles mentioning "Allen" and "macaca"

From A Gaffe Can Matter When It Motivates the Base by Nate Silver

Table ranking top 5 U.S. oil-producing states in 2013 by production, change since 2008, and share of U.S. total, plus Gulf of Mexico and U.S. Total rows.

Tables 2014-04-01

Top U.S. Oil Producing States 2013

From A National Drilling Boom, But a Two-State Oil Boom by Ben Casselman

Table showing support and opposition percentages for a policy from four pollsters: CBS News/NYT, Fox News, Kaiser Foundation, and Pew Research Center, comparing current and last poll results.

Tables 2014-04-01

Support vs. Opposition by Pollster: Current and Last Poll

From Poll Shows Record Obamacare Support, But That Doesn’t Mean Much by Harry Enten

Horizontal bar chart showing median film budgets since 1990 in 2013 dollars, broken down by Bechdel Test pass/fail categories.

Charts 2014-04-01

Median Budget For Films Since 1990

From The Dollar-And-Cents Case Against Hollywood’s Exclusion of Women by Walt Hickey

Horizontal bar chart showing relative Google search popularity for all 30 MLB teams from 2004 to 2014, with Yankees and Red Sox at the top.

Charts 2014-04-01

Google Searches for MLB Teams

From Which MLB Teams Overperform in Popularity? by Nate Silver

Horizontal bar chart showing relative Google search popularity for all 30 MLB teams from 2004 to 2014, with Yankees and Red Sox at the top.

Charts 2014-04-01

Google Searches for MLB Teams

From Which MLB Teams Overperform in Popularity? by Nate Silver

Table ranking MLB teams by relative popularity on Google, relative size of TV market, and their ratio, with Red Sox highest at 2.95 and Angels lowest at 0.35.

Tables 2014-04-01

MLB Teams: Relative Google Popularity vs. TV Market Size Ratio

From Which MLB Teams Overperform in Popularity? by Nate Silver

Table ranking MLB teams by relative popularity on Google, relative size of TV market, and their ratio, with Red Sox highest at 2.95 and Angels lowest at 0.35.

Tables 2014-04-01

MLB Teams: Relative Google Popularity vs. TV Market Size Ratio

From Which MLB Teams Overperform in Popularity? by Nate Silver

Choropleth map of the United States with counties colored in many different colors, likely representing different categories or groupings by region.

Maps 2014-04-01

US County Map with Multi-Color Regional Groupings

From Which MLB Teams Overperform in Popularity? by Nate Silver

Choropleth map of the United States with counties colored in many different colors, likely representing regional groupings or affiliations by county.

Maps 2014-04-01

US County Map with Multi-Color Regional Groupings

From Which MLB Teams Overperform in Popularity? by Nate Silver

FY2015 House Budget table showing outlays, revenue, deficit, and debt held by public in nominal dollars and as share of GDP from 2015 to 2024.

Tables 2014-04-01

FY2015 House Budget (Nominal Dollars in Billions)

From An Unusual Accounting Move in Paul Ryan’s Budget by Andrew Flowers

Paired horizontal bar chart comparing smoking rates among high school students in 2011 and 2012 across six tobacco product categories plus any tobacco product.

Charts 2014-04-02

Smoking Among High School Students

From The Murky State of E-Cigarette Research by Mona Chalabi

Table comparing 2012 Obama vote percentage and 2013 Herring vote percentage for majority-minority and majority-white precincts, showing change.

Tables 2014-04-02

2012 Obama vs. 2013 Herring Vote % by Precinct Type

From Rich Suburbs Can’t Save Democrats This November by David Wasserman

Table of Republican-held congressional districts ranked by median income (2012), showing district, incumbent, Cook PVI, and current Cook rating.

Tables 2014-04-02

Republican Incumbents by Median Income, Cook PVI and Rating

From Rich Suburbs Can’t Save Democrats This November by David Wasserman

Table showing Republican vote share in Virginia Super Zip precincts for 2009 gubernatorial (McDonnell), 2012 presidential (Romney), and 2013 gubernatorial (Cuccinelli) elections.

Tables 2014-04-02

Republican Vote Share in Virginia Super Zip Precincts 2009–2013

From Rich Suburbs Can’t Save Democrats This November by David Wasserman

Table comparing 2012 Obama vote percentage to 2013 Democratic vote percentage and the drop-off for Virginia House of Delegates districts.

Tables 2014-04-02

Virginia HD Districts: 2012 Obama % vs 2013 Dem % Drop-Off

From Rich Suburbs Can’t Save Democrats This November by David Wasserman

Table comparing NFL wide receivers' receiving averages in Year x and Year x+1, with DeSean Jackson highlighted, showing player, year, age, team, and rec average columns.

Tables 2014-04-02

NFL Wide Receivers Year x vs Year x+1 Receiving Average Comparison

From What to Expect From DeSean Jackson in Washington by Neil Paine

Diagram showing how to calculate the height of a gaze from 4 feet away, comparing adult and child Spokes-character eye angles relative to shelf and eye height.

Other 2014-04-02

Figure 2. Calculating the Height of a Gaze from 4 Feet

From Why the Trix Rabbit Looks Down on You by Mona Chalabi, Allison McCann

Table of top 10 cereal brands by sales showing whether each is a children's product, has a character, and has a mascot glancing downward, with mascot eye images.

Tables 2014-04-02

Top Cereals: Children's Product, Character, and Glancing Downward

From Why the Trix Rabbit Looks Down on You by Mona Chalabi

Horizontal bar chart showing relative frequency of Google searches for English Premier League teams, with Man Utd highest at 4.23 and Norwich City lowest at 0.16.

Charts 2014-04-02

English Premier League Team Popularity

From The Distribution of Fandom in Pro Leagues by Nate Silver, Ritchie King

Table comparing Gini coefficients of salary inequality for NFL, MLB, NHL, NBA, and Premier League with comparable countries.

Tables 2014-04-02

Gini Coefficients of Sports Leagues vs. Comparable Countries

From The Distribution of Fandom in Pro Leagues by Nate Silver, Ritchie King

Horizontal bar chart showing NBA team popularity ranked by relative frequency of Google searches, with the Lakers leading at 4.47 and the Bucks last at 0.30.

Charts 2014-04-02

NBA Team Popularity

From The Distribution of Fandom in Pro Leagues by Nate Silver, Ritchie King

Horizontal bar chart showing NFL team popularity ranked by relative frequency of Google searches, with Cowboys highest at 2.39 and Jaguars lowest at 0.34.

Charts 2014-04-02

NFL Team Popularity

From The Distribution of Fandom in Pro Leagues by Nate Silver, Ritchie King

Horizontal bar chart showing NHL team popularity by relative frequency of Google searches, with Canadian teams in dark blue and American teams in light blue, led by the Canadiens at 2.94.

Charts 2014-04-02

NHL Team Popularity: Relative Frequency of Google Searches

From The Distribution of Fandom in Pro Leagues by Nate Silver, Ritchie King

3D surface plot with color scale showing wave-like elevation data across vertical and horizontal axes measured in feet, with peaks reaching about 0.1.

Charts 2014-04-03

3D Surface Plot: Vertical vs Horizontal Axis (ft)

From Four Strikes And You’re Out by Etan Green

Table showing percent men and total counts for tech workers across 16 US metropolitan areas, led by New York with 231,984 total.

Tables 2014-04-03

Tech Workers by Metropolitan Area: Percent Men and Total

From The Gender Balance in Tech, in New York And Beyond by Mona Chalabi, Nate Silver

Line chart showing the probability an MLB player has peaked by age, after posting 15+ WAR over two seasons, rising from about 33% at age 22 to 100% at age 34.

Charts 2014-04-03

Chances an MLB Player Has Peaked

From Has Mike Trout Already Peaked? by Benjamin Morris

Bubble chart showing the percent of MLB players who surpassed their breakout seasons by age when batters first posted 15+ WAR over two seasons.

Charts 2014-04-03

MLB Players Who Surpassed Breakout Seasons

From Has Mike Trout Already Peaked? by Benjamin Morris

Table showing El Niño rain seasons with minimum and maximum rainfall departure in inches grouped by El Niño strength: Minor, Moderate, and Major.

Tables 2014-04-03

El Niño Rain Season Rainfall Departure by Strength

From El Niño Probably Won’t Quench California’s Thirst by Stephen Stirling

Grouped bar chart showing frequency of predicted change in wins from last season, comparing teams above and below .500 in 2013 by number of votes.

Charts 2014-04-03

Frequency of Predicted Change in Wins

From Consensus And Discord in Predicting the 2014 MLB Season by Neil Paine

Ranked table of all 30 MLB teams showing projected wins, standard deviation, max wins, and min wins, with Houston Astros ranked 1st and Washington Nationals 30th.

Tables 2014-04-03

MLB Teams Ranked by Projected Wins with St. Dev., Max, and Min Wins

From Consensus And Discord in Predicting the 2014 MLB Season by Neil Paine

Table comparing Google search popularity scores for sports teams across MLB, NFL, NBA, NHL, MLS, NFL, and CFL leagues, with colored bar indicators.

Tables 2014-04-04

Sports Team Google Search Popularity by League

From The ‘Big Five’ in North American Pro Sports by Nate Silver

Horizontal bar chart showing the number of journalists killed with confirmed motives from 1992 to present, ranked by country, with Iraq leading at 164.

Charts 2014-04-04

Deadliest Places: Number of journalists dead, motives confirmed 1992 to present

From A Look at Journalists Killed, by Country by Mona Chalabi

Horizontal bar chart showing percentage of journalists killed by role from 1992 to present, with print reporter/writer highest at 28% and technician lowest at 2%.

Charts 2014-04-04

Journalists Killed, by Role

From A Look at Journalists Killed, by Country by Mona Chalabi

Line chart showing CBO estimates of 2014 potential GDP in billions of chained 2005 dollars declining from about 16000 in 2007 to about 14900 by 2013.

Charts 2014-04-04

Estimates of 2014 Potential GDP, At Different Points in Time

From Potential Growth, And a Debate Over Why the U.S. Is Lagging by Andrew Flowers

Scatter plot comparing Baseball America organizational talent rankings versus top prospects' expected WAR rankings for MLB teams.

Charts 2014-04-04

Baseball America Team Rankings

From Baseball’s Best Farm Systems: How Much Do They Matter? by Neil Paine

Table showing number and amount of political donations by tech companies, split by support vs. oppose, with percentage opposing for each company.

Tables 2014-04-04

Tech Company Political Donations: Number and Amount, Support vs. Oppose

From How Rare Are Anti-Gay-Marriage Donations in Silicon Valley? by Nate Silver

Horizontal bar chart showing the percent of early Senate races polled by year from 1990 to 2014, with 2006 highest at 64% and 1990 lowest at 20%.

Charts 2014-04-04

Early Senate Races Polled

From Senate Races in 2014 Lack (Good) Polling by Harry Enten

Stacked bar chart comparing successfully defended entry attempts by Braydon Coburn and Kimmo Timonen, broken down by entry denied and dump-in forced percentages.

Charts 2014-04-06

Successfully Defended Entry Attempts Against Braydon Coburn and Kimmo Timonen

From The People Pushing the NHL Into the Advanced Stats Era by Eric Tulsky

Table showing household spending percentages by category for income groups: under $20,000, $100,000 and up, and all households.

Tables 2014-04-07

Household Spending by Category and Income Group

From Inflation May Hit the Poor Hardest by Ben Casselman

Horizontal bar chart showing price changes in selected spending categories from Feb. 2012 to Feb. 2014, split by categories the poor spent more vs. less on as a portion of income.

Charts 2014-04-07

Price Changes in Selected Categories, Feb. 2012 – Feb. 2014

From Inflation May Hit the Poor Hardest by Ben Casselman

Table showing average change and number of teams moving 0-5 slots per year from 1999 to 2012, with 2014 projections and percentage breakdowns.

Tables 2014-04-07

NFL Teams Slot Movement by Year, 1999-2012

From Some MLB Teams Will Rise, Some Will Fall (But You Shouldn’t Predict Either) by Neil Paine

Horizontal bar chart showing the ideology of GOP senators up for reelection, ranked by share of caucus each senator is more moderate than, from Collins at 96% to Inhofe at 17%.

Charts 2014-04-07

Ideology of GOP Senators Up for Reelection

From The GOP Senator Most Likely to Falter in the Primary Season by Harry Enten

Horizontal bar chart showing the predictive value of six NBA box score stats for player impact, with steals per game highest at 22.7% and blocks per game lowest at 11.3%.

Charts 2014-04-07

Predictive Value of Box Score Stats

From Steals Are Predictive, But Are They That Important? by Benjamin Morris

Table showing win percentage during first 24 matches for US women's soccer coaches, ranked from Pia Sundhage at 0.958 to Anson Dorrance at 0.563.

Tables 2014-04-07

US Women's Soccer Coaches Win Percentage During First 24 Matches

From Should U.S. Soccer Have Fired Tom Sermanni? by Allison McCann

Scatter plot comparing BBTN 100 ratings to Wins Above Replacement per 600 plate appearances for 2011-13, with a red trend line showing positive correlation.

Charts 2014-04-07

BBTN 100 Rating vs. Wins Above Replacement

From Where Sabermetrics And the ‘Eye Test’ Disagree by Neil Paine

Table listing college basketball games with the highest combined pregame win-loss records, showing date, winner, loser, and combined pregame W-L from 1986 to 2013.

Tables 2014-04-08

College Basketball Games With Highest Combined Pregame W-L Records

From The Women’s NCAA Final Is Unlike Anything In the History of Major American Sports by Neil Paine

Table of college football bowl games with the highest combined pregame win-loss records, listing date, bowl name, winner, loser, and combined W-L-T from 1940 to 2011.

Tables 2014-04-08

College Football Bowl Games With Highest Combined Pregame W-L-T Records

From The Women’s NCAA Final Is Unlike Anything In the History of Major American Sports by Neil Paine

Table of early-season MLB games with highest combined pregame win-loss records, showing date, winner, loser, and combined pregame W-L from 1905 to 2012.

Tables 2014-04-08

MLB Games With Highest Combined Pregame W-L Records

From The Women’s NCAA Final Is Unlike Anything In the History of Major American Sports by Neil Paine

Table of NBA games with the highest combined pregame win-loss records, showing date, winner, loser, and combined pregame W-L from 1959 to 2001.

Tables 2014-04-08

NBA Games With Highest Combined Pregame W-L Records

From The Women’s NCAA Final Is Unlike Anything In the History of Major American Sports by Neil Paine

Table of NFL games with the highest combined pregame win-loss-tie records, showing date, winner, loser, and combined pregame W-L-T from 1920 to 2007.

Tables 2014-04-08

NFL Games With Highest Combined Pregame W-L-T Records

From The Women’s NCAA Final Is Unlike Anything In the History of Major American Sports by Neil Paine

Line chart showing the five most common crimes in South Africa by number of police-recorded incidents from 2003 to 2012, including other theft, burglary, assault, common assault, and drug-related crime.

Charts 2014-04-08

Five Most Common Crimes in South Africa

From Oscar Pistorius Trial Puts a Spotlight on Crime in South Africa by Mona Chalabi

Horizontal bar chart showing intentional homicide rates per 100,000 residents for 20 countries internationally, with Honduras highest at 91.6 and South Africa highlighted at 30.9.

Charts 2014-04-08

Intentional Homicide, Internationally

From Oscar Pistorius Trial Puts a Spotlight on Crime in South Africa by Mona Chalabi

Horizontal bar chart showing South African crime by province, measured as number of recorded incidents per 1,000 residents, with Western Cape highest at 42.8 and Limpopo lowest at 11.3.

Charts 2014-04-08

South African Crime by Province

From Oscar Pistorius Trial Puts a Spotlight on Crime in South Africa by Mona Chalabi

Line chart showing jobless workers per job opening from 2003 to 2014 for three groups: unemployed, marginally attached, and those who want a job now.

Charts 2014-04-08

Jobless Workers per Opening

From The Odds of Finding a Job Have Improved by Ben Casselman

Line chart showing unemployed workers per job opening from 2003 to 2014, peaking near 7 around 2009-2010 and declining to about 2.6 by 2014.

Charts 2014-04-08

Unemployed Workers per Job Opening

From The Odds of Finding a Job Have Improved by Ben Casselman

Table comparing free throw percentages of college basketball players with and without coach Calipari, showing change for UMass, Memphis, and Kentucky players.

Tables 2014-04-08

Free Throw % With vs. Without Calipari by Player

From John Calipari Has Seen a Lot of Bricks at the Free-Throw Line by Carl Bialik

Table showing free throw percentage for UMass, Memphis, and Kentucky during regular season vs NCAA Tournament with change, from 1991 to 2014.

Tables 2014-04-08

Free Throw % — Reg. Season vs. NCAA Tournament (UMass, Memphis, Kentucky)

From John Calipari Has Seen a Lot of Bricks at the Free-Throw Line by Carl Bialik

US map highlighting in blue the 25 states plus Washington D.C. that have expanded Medicaid, with non-expansion states shown in gray.

Maps 2014-04-08

States That Have Expanded Medicaid

From Low-Income Adults in States Without Expanded Medicaid Have More Health Problems by Ritchie King

Dot plot comparing health conditions and smoking rates among uninsured low-income adults in states with vs. without expanded Medicaid, 2010-12.

Charts 2014-04-08

The Health of Uninsured, Low-Income Adults

From Low-Income Adults in States Without Expanded Medicaid Have More Health Problems by Ritchie King

Scatter plot showing the positive relationship between baseball player toolsiness (total number of tools) and projected WAR/600 for 2014, with a red trend line and R-squared of 0.44.

Charts 2014-04-08

The Relationship Between Toolsiness and WAR

From The Toolsiest Player of Them All by Jeff Sullivan

Ranked table of female and male earnings by U.S. state with female earnings as a share of male earnings, showing D.C. highest at 90.1% and Wyoming lowest at 63.8%.

Tables 2014-04-08

Female Earnings as a Share of Male Earnings by State

From Some Data For Equal Pay Day by Mona Chalabi

Horizontal bar chart showing women's earnings as a percentage of men's full-time weekly median earnings for the top 10 most common jobs for women in the U.S.

Charts 2014-04-08

Women's Earnings as a Percentage of Men's

From Some Data For Equal Pay Day by Mona Chalabi

Table of golf player ratings including driving distance, greens in regulation percentage, base rating, Augusta fit, and overall rating for 22 players.

Tables 2014-04-09

Golf Player Ratings: Driving Distance, GIR, Augusta Fit, Overall

From At Augusta, Hitting Short Drives and Losing Is a Tradition Unlike Any Other by Neil Paine

Table showing average Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR) the year before winning each of the four major golf tournaments.

Tables 2014-04-09

OWGR Average Year Before Win by Golf Major Tournament

From At Augusta, Hitting Short Drives and Losing Is a Tradition Unlike Any Other by Neil Paine

Diverging bar chart showing how much more likely eHarmony users of various ethnicities are to message a match of the same ethnicity, split by men and women.

Charts 2014-04-09

eHarmony Users' Ethnic Preferences

From In the End, People May Really Just Want to Date Themselves by Emma Pierson

Line chart showing IMF inflation forecasts for World and Advanced economies from 1980 to 2015, with dotted lines indicating future projections.

Charts 2014-04-09

IMF Inflation Forecasts

From Low Inflation as Far as the Eye Can See by Andrew Flowers

Table showing combined and separate Men's and Women's NCAA Tournament records including wins, losses, win percentage, margin of victory, and titles for 13 schools.

Tables 2014-04-09

Combined NCAA Tournament Records by School

From The Best College Basketball Program of All Time by Carl Bialik

Line chart showing U.S. homicides by weapon type (handguns, knives, other weapons/unknown) from 1980 to about 2008, with handguns peaking around 1993.

Charts 2014-04-09

U.S. Homicides by Weapon Type

From The Incomplete Picture on Weapons Used in School Homicides by Mona Chalabi

Scatter plot showing a positive correlation between the percentage of female state legislators and women's earnings relative to men across U.S. states, with a red trend line.

Charts 2014-04-09

Gender Pay Equity and State Legislatures

From Gender Pay Gap Tracks With Number of Women in State Legislatures by Nate Silver

Scatter plot showing gender pay equity versus 2012 Obama vote share by state, with a red trend line indicating a positive correlation.

Charts 2014-04-09

Gender Pay Equity and Voting Trends

From Gender Pay Gap Tracks With Number of Women in State Legislatures by Nate Silver

Stata regression output table showing OLS results for pay gap regressed on Obama vote share and women in legislature, with 51 observations and R-squared of 0.6134.

Tables 2014-04-09

Stata OLS Regression: Pay Gap on Obama Vote and Women in Legislature

From Gender Pay Gap Tracks With Number of Women in State Legislatures by Nate Silver

Table comparing WAR from home runs, WAR from other skills, total WAR, and percentage of WAR from home runs for 25 MLB sluggers, with Hank Aaron highlighted.

Tables 2014-04-09

WAR From Home Runs vs. Other Skills for MLB Home Run Leaders

From If Hank Aaron Had Never Hit a Home Run, Would He Be a Hall of Famer? by Nate Silver

Color-coded table showing turnover ratios by average dining period in minutes (columns) and average restaurant capacity (rows), with green indicating high turnover and red indicating low.

Tables 2014-04-10

Average Dining Period vs. Restaurant Capacity Turnover Table

From Can All of New York Go Out to Eat on the Same Day? by Walt Hickey

Color-coded table showing turnover ratios by average restaurant capacity (10-100) and average dining period in minutes (10-120), with green indicating high turnover and red indicating low.

Tables 2014-04-10

Average Dining Period vs. Restaurant Capacity Turnover Table

From Can All of New York Go Out to Eat on the Same Day? by Walt Hickey

Table listing NBA championship decision-makers by name, category (Coach, Player, Scout, or Both), and the years they won championships.

Tables 2014-04-10

NBA Championship Decision-Makers by Category

From The Stats Guys vs. Basketball Guys Rivalry Is Overblown by John Ezekowitz

Horizontal bar chart showing NBA GM hiring patterns from 1995 to 2014, comparing GMs who played or coached in the NBA versus those who did neither.

Charts 2014-04-10

NBA GM Hiring Patterns

From The Stats Guys vs. Basketball Guys Rivalry Is Overblown by John Ezekowitz

Line chart showing survival curves for NBA General Managers by tenure, comparing those who played or coached in the NBA versus those who did neither.

Charts 2014-04-10

Tenures of NBA General Managers

From The Stats Guys vs. Basketball Guys Rivalry Is Overblown by John Ezekowitz

Line chart showing initial claims for unemployment benefits as a four-week moving average in thousands from 2000 to around 2015, with a sharp peak near 2009.

Charts 2014-04-10

Initial Claims for Unemployment Benefits

From Why We’re Meh About the Falling Layoffs by Ben Casselman

Side-by-side horizontal bar chart comparing audience age distribution of Late Show with Letterman versus The Colbert Report based on a 2014 SurveyMonkey poll.

Charts 2014-04-10

Letterman vs. Colbert: Audience Age

From Why Colbert Makes Sense For ‘Late Show’ by Walt Hickey

Bar chart comparing Late Show and Colbert Report audience voting preferences in a hypothetical 2012 election rematch, showing Obama leading in both audiences.

Charts 2014-04-10

Letterman vs. Colbert: Audience Politics

From Why Colbert Makes Sense For ‘Late Show’ by Walt Hickey

Horizontal bar chart showing late-night host popularity measured by Google search frequency relative to Arsenio Hall from 2004 to present, with Stephen Colbert ranking highest at 16.

Charts 2014-04-10

Late-Night Host Popularity

From Stephen Colbert Is Popular on the Internet by Nate Silver

MLB standings table showing all 30 teams with won, lost, winning percentage, regressed winning percentage, true win pace, and true loss pace.

Tables 2014-04-10

MLB Early Season Regressed Standings: True Win and Loss Pace

From How to Predict MLB Records From Early Results by Neil Paine

MLB team standings table showing won-loss records, winning percentage, prior winning percentage, regressed winning percentage, true win pace, and true loss pace for all 30 teams.

Tables 2014-04-10

MLB True Win Pace standings table

From How to Predict MLB Records From Early Results by Neil Paine

Dot plot comparing traffic volume to capacity ratios before and after bike lane installation on 10 Minneapolis roads, with heavy and severe congestion zones marked.

Charts 2014-04-11

Bike Lanes and Traffic in Minneapolis

From Bike Lanes Don’t Cause Traffic Jams If You’re Smart About Where You Build Them by Gretchen Johnson, Aaron Johnson

Dot plot showing traffic volume to capacity ratio before and after a bike lane was added at two intersections on Prospect Park West in Brooklyn during rush hour.

Charts 2014-04-11

Traffic on a Brooklyn Street With a Bike Lane

From Bike Lanes Don’t Cause Traffic Jams If You’re Smart About Where You Build Them by Gretchen Johnson, Aaron Johnson

Grouped horizontal bar chart showing pubic hair removal habits among women by age group, with three categories: no removal, partial removal, and typically hair-free, from a 2008 survey of 2,451 women.

Charts 2014-04-11

Pubic Hair Removal Among Women, by Age

From The Pubic Hair Preferences of the American Woman by Mona Chalabi

Grouped horizontal bar chart showing pubic hair removal habits among women by age group, with three categories: no removal, partial removal, and typically hair-free, from a 2008 survey of 2,451 women.

Charts 2014-04-11

Pubic Hair Removal Among Women, by Age

From The Pubic Hair Preferences of the American Woman by Mona Chalabi

Horizontal bar chart showing reasons women groom their pubic hair, based on a 2011 survey of 1,677 women aged 16 to 40, with response counts for five reasons.

Charts 2014-04-11

Reasons Women Groom Their Pubic Hair

From The Pubic Hair Preferences of the American Woman by Mona Chalabi

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