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Line chart showing the distribution of movies by weighted IMDb rating, peaking sharply at a rating of 7 with about 40,000 movies.

Charts 2014-05-01

The IMDb Curve

From The Story Behind the Worst Movie on IMDb by David Goldenberg

Line chart showing circumcision rates by U.S. region (Midwest, Northeast, South, West) as a percentage of male newborn infants from 1980 to 2010.

Charts 2014-05-01

Circumcision Rates by U.S. Region

From Where Circumcision Rates Have Fallen by Mona Chalabi

Line chart showing circumcision rates by U.S. region (Midwest, Northeast, South, West) as a percentage of male newborn infants from 1980 to 2010.

Charts 2014-05-01

Circumcision Rates by U.S. Region

From Where Circumcision Rates Have Fallen by Mona Chalabi

Line chart showing the share of unemployed workers receiving benefits as a three-month average from 1990 to around 2015, peaking near 72% around 2010.

Charts 2014-05-01

Share of Unemployed Workers Receiving Benefits

From Jobless Benefits Are Disappearing Much Faster Than Jobs Are Appearing by Ben Casselman

Dual line chart showing Toronto Raptors win probability vs. the Brooklyn Nets during Game 5 on April 30, displayed by quarter and time on the clock.

Charts 2014-05-01

Toronto's Win Probability vs. the Nets

From There’s a 97 Percent Chance to Win, But Don’t Relax by Dean Oliver

Scatter plot showing the relationship between unionization rates and global competitiveness scores across countries, with a positive trend line and U.S., Turkey, and Finland labeled.

Charts 2014-05-01

Unionization And Economic Competitiveness

From Do Fewer Unions Make Countries More Competitive? by Andrew Flowers

Table comparing prior similar election vs. this election third-party vote percentages by year and state, with the difference in percentage points.

Tables 2014-05-01

Third-Party Vote Share: Prior Similar Election vs. This Election by State

From Sorry Democrats, Marijuana Doesn’t Bring Young Voters to the Polls by Harry Enten

Horizontal bar chart showing the percentage of blockbuster movies from 1975-2013 containing various action shot types, with Chase at 36% being the most common.

Charts 2014-05-02

Action Shots in Blockbuster Movies 1975-2013

From The 11 Defining Features Of The Summer Blockbuster by Walt Hickey

Line chart showing the percentage of blockbuster movies with altered studio logos by five-year period from 1975 to 2013, rising sharply around 2000.

Charts 2014-05-02

Altered Studio Logos in Blockbuster Movies

From The 11 Defining Features Of The Summer Blockbuster by Walt Hickey

Line chart showing the percentage of blockbuster movies based on a comic book from 1975 to 2013, rising sharply to about 33% in 2010-13.

Charts 2014-05-02

Blockbuster Movies Based on a Comic Book

From The 11 Defining Features Of The Summer Blockbuster by Walt Hickey

Line chart showing the percentage of blockbuster movies that are sequels by five-year period from 1975 to 2013, rising to over 50% in 2010-13.

Charts 2014-05-02

Blockbuster Movies That Are Sequels

From The 11 Defining Features Of The Summer Blockbuster by Walt Hickey

Line chart showing the percentage of blockbuster movies with a surprise ending by five-year period from 1975 to 2013, rising to 50% in 2010-13.

Charts 2014-05-02

Blockbuster Movies With a Surprise Ending

From The 11 Defining Features Of The Summer Blockbuster by Walt Hickey

Line chart showing the percentage of blockbuster movies with bonus scenes during or after end credits from 1975 to 2013, with both types rising sharply after 2000.

Charts 2014-05-02

Bonus Scenes in Blockbuster Movies

From The 11 Defining Features Of The Summer Blockbuster by Walt Hickey

Horizontal bar chart showing percentages of combat types in blockbuster movies from 1975 to 2013, with shootout at 30% being the most common.

Charts 2014-05-02

Combat in Blockbuster Movies 1975-2013

From The 11 Defining Features Of The Summer Blockbuster by Walt Hickey

Horizontal bar chart showing the percentage of relationship types depicted in blockbuster movies from 1975 to 2013, with Father-Son leading at 31%.

Charts 2014-05-02

Relationships in Blockbuster Movies 1975-2013

From The 11 Defining Features Of The Summer Blockbuster by Walt Hickey

Horizontal bar chart showing the top 10 genres of blockbuster movies from 1975 to 2013, with Action at 46% and Romance at 15%.

Charts 2014-05-02

Top 10 Genres of Blockbuster Movies 1975-2013

From The 11 Defining Features Of The Summer Blockbuster by Walt Hickey

Line chart showing percentage of blockbuster movies containing murder, blood, and gore from 1975 to 2013, with murder rising sharply in 2010-13.

Charts 2014-05-02

Violence in Blockbuster Movies

From The 11 Defining Features Of The Summer Blockbuster by Walt Hickey

Line chart showing the percentage of blockbuster movies featuring car, building, and body explosions from 1975 to 2013, with all three rising sharply in the 2010s.

Charts 2014-05-02

What Explodes in Blockbuster Movies?

From The 11 Defining Features Of The Summer Blockbuster by Walt Hickey

Line chart showing five-year moving average of weighted runs created (wRC+) for the top six batting lineup order slots from 1977 to 2014.

Charts 2014-05-02

Batting Productivity of Top Six Lineup Order Slots

From The Spot in MLB Lineups Where Managers Are Still Ignoring Sabermetrics by Neil Paine

Line chart showing batting productivity (wRC+) for the top six lineup order slots from 1973 to 2014, with the 3rd, 4th, and 5th slots consistently outperforming the 1st, 2nd, and 6th.

Charts 2014-05-02

Batting Productivity of Top Six Lineup Order Slots

From The Spot in MLB Lineups Where Managers Are Still Ignoring Sabermetrics by Neil Paine

Table showing baseball contact rates by batting position from 1961 to present, with the ninth spot having the lowest rate at 74.0%.

Tables 2014-05-02

Making Contact (1961-Present)

From The Spot in MLB Lineups Where Managers Are Still Ignoring Sabermetrics by Neil Paine

Line chart showing nonfarm jobs change from a year earlier from 2011 to 2014, removing the effect of Census hiring, with values ranging from about 1.15m to 2.5m.

Charts 2014-05-02

Nonfarm Jobs, Change From a Year Earlier

From A Really Weird Jobs Report by Ben Casselman

Line chart showing three-month average of monthly transitions from unemployment, comparing rates of finding a job versus dropping out of the labor force from 2005 to 2014.

Charts 2014-05-02

What Happens to the Unemployed?

From A Really Weird Jobs Report by Ben Casselman

Line chart showing poll results from 2009 to 2014 on whether Obama inherited or is responsible for the economy, with the inherited line declining and the responsible line rising.

Charts 2014-05-02

Is Obama Responsible For the Current Economy?

From The ‘Blame Bush’ Era May Be at an End by Harry Enten

Paired horizontal bar chart showing average daily sleep duration in hours for men and women across seven age groups, from ages 15-19 to 65 and older.

Charts 2014-05-02

Average Sleep Duration per Day

From Who’s Getting a Good Night’s Sleep? by Mona Chalabi

Paired horizontal bar chart showing average daily sleep duration in hours for men and women across seven age groups, from ages 15-19 to 65 and older.

Charts 2014-05-02

Average Sleep Duration per Day

From Who’s Getting a Good Night’s Sleep? by Mona Chalabi

Horizontal bar chart comparing sleep under 7 hours and snoring rates by employment status, with those unable to work showing the highest rates in both categories.

Charts 2014-05-02

Sleep Patterns by Employment Status

From Who’s Getting a Good Night’s Sleep? by Mona Chalabi

Horizontal bar chart comparing sleep patterns by employment status, showing percentages sleeping less than 7 hours and snoring across five groups.

Charts 2014-05-02

Sleep Patterns by Employment Status

From Who’s Getting a Good Night’s Sleep? by Mona Chalabi

Horizontal bar chart comparing sleep under 7 hours and snoring rates by marital status, showing divorced/widowed/separated sleep least while unmarried couples snore most.

Charts 2014-05-02

Sleep Patterns by Marital Status

From Who’s Getting a Good Night’s Sleep? by Mona Chalabi

Horizontal bar chart comparing sleep under 7 hours and snoring rates by marital status, showing divorced/widowed/separated sleep least while unmarried couples snore most.

Charts 2014-05-02

Sleep Patterns by Marital Status

From Who’s Getting a Good Night’s Sleep? by Mona Chalabi

Paired horizontal bar chart showing percentages of people sleeping less than 7 hours and snoring by race and ethnicity, from CDC data.

Charts 2014-05-02

Sleep Patterns by Race/Ethnicity

From Who’s Getting a Good Night’s Sleep? by Mona Chalabi

Paired horizontal bar chart showing percentages of people sleeping less than 7 hours and snoring by race and ethnicity, from CDC data.

Charts 2014-05-02

Sleep Patterns by Race/Ethnicity

From Who’s Getting a Good Night’s Sleep? by Mona Chalabi

Dual horizontal bar chart comparing percentage of residents sleeping less than 7 hours and snoring rates across 12 U.S. states, from FiveThirtyEight.

Charts 2014-05-02

Sleep Patterns by U.S. State

From Who’s Getting a Good Night’s Sleep? by Mona Chalabi

Dual horizontal bar chart comparing percentage of residents sleeping less than 7 hours and snoring rates across 12 U.S. states, from FiveThirtyEight.

Charts 2014-05-02

Sleep Patterns by U.S. State

From Who’s Getting a Good Night’s Sleep? by Mona Chalabi

Scatter plot showing probability of discrimination versus favouritism for voter-performer combinations, with filled dots above zero and open dots below zero.

Charts 2014-05-02

Probability of Discrimination vs. Favouritism by Voter-Performer Combination

From Tactical Voting And Terrible Singers: Welcome to the Eurovision Song Contest by Mona Chalabi

Paired horizontal bar chart comparing the number of Forbes 400 richest Americans by NBA city metro area in 2004 (blue) and 2013 (red).

Charts 2014-05-02

Distribution of Richest Americans in NBA Cities

From Got a Billion Dollars? Buy the Clippers by Nate Silver

Horizontal bar chart showing annualized rate of return for Forbes NBA team valuations from 2004 to 2014, with all 29 teams ranked from Sonics/Thunder at 18.7% to 76ers at 3.6%.

Charts 2014-05-02

Increase in Forbes NBA Team Valuation, 2004-14

From Got a Billion Dollars? Buy the Clippers by Nate Silver

Line chart comparing Mets and Yankees trailing five-year average per-game attendance from 1966 to 2014, showing Yankees surpassing Mets around 1975 and peaking near 51,000.

Charts 2014-05-02

Mets And Yankees Per-Game Attendance

From Got a Billion Dollars? Buy the Clippers by Nate Silver

Scatter plot showing NBA team annualized rate of return from 2004-14 versus the number of Forbes 400 members living in the team's home city in 2004, with a positive trend line.

Charts 2014-05-02

NBA Team Rate of Return vs. Wealth in Home City

From Got a Billion Dollars? Buy the Clippers by Nate Silver

Dot and bar chart showing NBA team valuations with Forbes valuation dots and bars adjusted for number of billionaires in metro area, ranging from Knicks at $1,400m to Bobcats at $410m.

Charts 2014-05-02

NBA Team Valuations

From Got a Billion Dollars? Buy the Clippers by Nate Silver

Stata regression output showing regress ror forbes04 rel_value with ANOVA table, R-squared values, and coefficient estimates including standard errors and confidence intervals.

Charts 2014-05-02

Stata Regression Output: ror on forbes04 and rel_value

From Got a Billion Dollars? Buy the Clippers by Nate Silver

Scatter plot of Kentucky Derby winning times in seconds from 1900 to 2013, with a flat red trend line from 1949 to 2013 showing no improvement.

Charts 2014-05-03

Kentucky Derby Winning Times

From Thoroughbreds Are Running as Fast as They Can by Roger Pielke Jr

Table showing the number of point-of-view chapters per character across A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, and A Dance with Dragons, with totals.

Tables 2014-05-04

Game of Thrones POV Chapters by Character Across Three Books

From How Much Source Material Does HBO’s ‘Game of Thrones’ Have Left to Work With? by Walt Hickey

Table showing Game of Thrones character point-of-view chapters completed, left in A Storm of Swords, and left in the series for 19 characters.

Tables 2014-05-04

Game of Thrones POV Chapters: Completed vs. Remaining

From How Much Source Material Does HBO’s ‘Game of Thrones’ Have Left to Work With? by Walt Hickey

Bar chart showing hours per week spent on domestic work by women and men, broken down by age of kids at home, covering total household work, food prep, and laundry.

Charts 2014-05-05

Time Spent Doing Domestic Work

From Guess Who Cares For Young Adults When They Move Back Home by Heather Krause

Horizontal bar chart showing minutes per month spent having sex by gender and age of kids living at home, based on American Time Use Survey data.

Charts 2014-05-05

Time Spent Having Sex

From Guess Who Cares For Young Adults When They Move Back Home by Heather Krause

Horizontal bar chart showing hours per week spent not doing work by gender and age of kids at home, covering all leisure and TV watching categories.

Charts 2014-05-05

Time Spent Not Doing Work

From Guess Who Cares For Young Adults When They Move Back Home by Heather Krause

Line chart comparing age distribution of Tea Party Republicans versus all House Republicans in the 112th Congress, showing Tea Party members skewing toward the 56-60 age range.

Charts 2014-05-05

Age of House Republicans — 112th Congress

From The Age of Tea Party Members in Congress by Dhrumil Mehta

Table comparing average scores for Democrats, Republicans, and Tea Party Republicans across the 111th, 112th, and 113th Congress.

Tables 2014-05-05

Party Scores Across 111th–113th Congress

From The Age of Tea Party Members in Congress by Dhrumil Mehta

Stata regression output table showing OLS results for netsrs_rd2 on games_rd1 and netsrs_rd1, with 88 observations, R-squared 0.1451, and coefficient estimates.

Tables 2014-05-05

Stata OLS Regression Output: netsrs_rd2 on games_rd1 and netsrs_rd1

From Good News: You Won Game 7; Bad News: You’re Less Likely to Win Round 2 by Nate Silver

Scatter plot showing NBA second-round performance relative to number of games played in the first round from 2003-13, with a downward trend line.

Charts 2014-05-05

The Longer They Play, the Harder It Gets

From Good News: You Won Game 7; Bad News: You’re Less Likely to Win Round 2 by Nate Silver

Line chart showing NBA second-round series win percentage by number of first-round games played, 2003-13, declining from ~76% for 4-game sweeps to ~35% for 6-7 game series.

Charts 2014-05-05

Win Early, Cruise Later

From Good News: You Won Game 7; Bad News: You’re Less Likely to Win Round 2 by Nate Silver

Two Kaplan-Meier survival curves comparing Control vs caloric restriction (CR) groups for age-related mortality (panel B) and overall mortality (panel C) over age in years.

Charts 2014-05-05

Age-Related and Overall Mortality: Control vs CR Survival Curves

From Anti-Aging Solutions, And the Scientists Who Love Them by Mona Chalabi

Google map of the Midwest and Great Lakes region showing colored geographic markers in red and green scattered across states including Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Michigan, and Wisconsin.

Maps 2014-05-05

Midwest Regional Map with Red and Green Location Markers

From More Data Analysts Went Looking For the South And Midwest, And Here’s What They Found by Walt Hickey

US map showing percentage of respondents identifying each state as Midwest (blue) or South (red), with geographic centers marked, based on 94 Midwest and 32 South respondents.

Maps 2014-05-05

Midwest vs. South Regional Identity Map by State

From More Data Analysts Went Looking For the South And Midwest, And Here’s What They Found by Walt Hickey

Choropleth map of the US showing respondent percentages by state for Midwest (blue) and South (red) regions, with geographic centers marked.

Maps 2014-05-05

Midwest vs. South Regional Identity Map by State

From More Data Analysts Went Looking For the South And Midwest, And Here’s What They Found by Walt Hickey

US map showing by state the percentage of survey respondents who consider each state part of the Midwest (blue) or South (red), with geographic center markers for each region.

Maps 2014-05-05

Respondents Identifying States as Midwest or South

From More Data Analysts Went Looking For the South And Midwest, And Here’s What They Found by Walt Hickey

Dot map of the United States showing two categories of locations marked in orange and blue dots, densely clustered in the Midwest and Northeast.

Maps 2014-05-05

US Dot Map with Two Categories of Locations

From More Data Analysts Went Looking For the South And Midwest, And Here’s What They Found by Walt Hickey

Bar chart showing actual NFL draft positions of defensive ends and outside linebackers projected to be picked in the fourth round, including undrafted players.

Charts 2014-05-06

Actual NFL draft position of defensive ends and outside linebackers projected to be picked in the fourth round

From The Odds Michael Sam Will Be Picked in the NFL Draft by Nate Silver

Bar chart showing actual NFL draft positions of defensive ends and outside linebackers projected to be picked in the sixth round, with 37 going undrafted.

Charts 2014-05-06

Actual NFL draft position of defensive ends and outside linebackers projected to be picked in the sixth round

From The Odds Michael Sam Will Be Picked in the NFL Draft by Nate Silver

Line chart comparing playoff series win percentage versus regular season win difference, with curves for head-to-head records and a fit to actual data highlighting Miami's 72% chance.

Charts 2014-05-06

Calculated Odds vs. Reality

From It Matters That the Nets Went 4-0 Against the Heat in the Regular Season by Benjamin Morris

Line chart showing playoff game win probability by regular-season win difference, with home and away game lines and a callout for Miami vs. Brooklyn series.

Charts 2014-05-06

Effect of Head-to-Head Record on Playoff Games

From It Matters That the Nets Went 4-0 Against the Heat in the Regular Season by Benjamin Morris

Line chart showing how head-to-head regular season record affects playoff series win probability, with Miami highlighted at 72% chance of winning the series.

Charts 2014-05-06

Effect of Head-to-Head Record on Playoff Series

From It Matters That the Nets Went 4-0 Against the Heat in the Regular Season by Benjamin Morris

Bar chart showing daily kidnappings in Nigeria from 1982 to 2014, with a dramatic spike exceeding 200 near 2014.

Charts 2014-05-06

Abduction Trends: Daily kidnappings in Nigeria, 1982-2014

From Kidnapping of Girls in Nigeria Is Part of a Worsening Problem (Updated) by Mona Chalabi

Bar chart showing daily kidnappings in Nigeria from 1982 to 2014, with a dramatic spike exceeding 200 around 2014.

Charts 2014-05-06

Abduction Trends: Daily kidnappings in Nigeria, 1982-2014

From Kidnapping of Girls in Nigeria Is Part of a Worsening Problem (Updated) by Mona Chalabi

Bar chart showing normalized abduction trends by month, with kidnappings in Nigeria as a percentage of all events in GDELT from 1979 to 2014, showing a dramatic spike around 2013.

Charts 2014-05-06

Normalized Abduction Trends by Month

From Kidnapping of Girls in Nigeria Is Part of a Worsening Problem (Updated) by Mona Chalabi

Bar chart showing normalized abduction trends by month, with kidnappings in Nigeria as a percentage of all events in GDELT from 1979 to 2014, showing a dramatic spike around 2013.

Charts 2014-05-06

Normalized Abduction Trends by Month

From Kidnapping of Girls in Nigeria Is Part of a Worsening Problem (Updated) by Mona Chalabi

Table comparing ratings of five baseball video games, with MVP Baseball rated highest at +5.2 and All-Star Baseball lowest at -7.5.

Tables 2014-05-06

Baseball Video Game Ratings Comparison

From The Baseball Video Game Championship Belt by Neil Paine

Table ranking baseball video games by rating, from World Series Baseball (Sega) at +9.0 to Inside Pitch (Microsoft) at -17.4.

Tables 2014-05-06

Baseball Video Game Ratings Table

From The Baseball Video Game Championship Belt by Neil Paine

Table ranking baseball video games by rating, from All-Star Baseball at +8.5 to HardBall! at -10.6

Tables 2014-05-06

Baseball Video Game Ratings Table

From The Baseball Video Game Championship Belt by Neil Paine

Table ranking baseball video games by rating, from Triple Play EA Sports at +10.3 to VR Baseball Interplay at -13.9.

Tables 2014-05-06

Baseball Video Game Ratings Table

From The Baseball Video Game Championship Belt by Neil Paine

Table comparing ratings of four MLB video games: MLB The Show, The Bigs, MLB 2K, and MLB Slugfest.

Tables 2014-05-06

MLB Video Game Ratings Comparison

From The Baseball Video Game Championship Belt by Neil Paine

Four dot-plot charts showing how weight, smoking rate, fruit and vegetable consumption, and exercise vary by servings of nuts per week among 120,000 study participants.

Charts 2014-05-07

People Who Eat Nuts Also Happen to Be Healthy

From Eat More Nuts (And Vegetables, And Don’t Forget to Exercise And Quit Smoking) by Emily Oster

Line chart showing mentions of 'inequality' per hour of original news programming on MSNBC, Fox News, and CNN from 2008 to 2014.

Charts 2014-05-07

Mentions of 'Inequality' Per Hour of Programming

From ‘Inequality’ Booms on MSNBC And Fox News (CNN’s Looking For Flight 370) by Nate Silver

Line chart showing Americans age 65 and older as a share of population from 2015 to 2060, rising from about 13% to over 22%.

Charts 2014-05-07

Americans Age 65 And Older

From What Baby Boomers’ Retirement Means For the U.S. Economy by Ben Casselman

Line chart showing projected U.S. population growth as percentage change from 2012 through 2060 for total population, age 65 and up, and age 85 and up.

Charts 2014-05-07

Projected U.S. Population Growth

From What Baby Boomers’ Retirement Means For the U.S. Economy by Ben Casselman

Paired horizontal bar chart comparing the share of population age 65 and over in selected countries in 2014 versus projected 2050, with the U.S. highlighted.

Charts 2014-05-07

Share of Population Age 65 And Over

From What Baby Boomers’ Retirement Means For the U.S. Economy by Ben Casselman

Table showing Portland Trail Blazers field goal attempts contested percentage in each game versus Houston and San Antonio.

Tables 2014-05-07

Blazers' FG Attempts Contested by Opponent and Game

From The Trail Blazers Aren’t Playing the Rockets Anymore by Ian Levy

Line chart showing unit labor costs as year-over-year change from 2004 to 2014, with smoothed and unsmoothed series and a recession band highlighted.

Charts 2014-05-07

Unit Labor Costs: Ratio of labor compensation to productivity, year-over-year change

From Increase in Labor Costs Is Weaker Than It First Appears by Andrew Flowers

Table showing Democratic lead in polling by month and pollster, comparing ages 18-29 vs all voters with the difference, including average and median rows.

Tables 2014-05-07

Democratic Lead: Ages 18-29 vs. All Voters by Pollster

From Young Voters in 2014 May Be Less Democratic-Leaning Than in 2010 And 2012 by Harry Enten

Horizontal bar chart showing average points over or under expected points for European football clubs from 1992 to 2013, with Real Madrid top at +3.8 and Liverpool lowest at -3.5.

Charts 2014-05-07

Overachievers And Underachievers: Average points over/under expected, 1992-2013

From Why the Best Scoring Margin Doesn’t Guarantee a Championship in European Soccer by Carl Bialik

Scatter plot comparing actual vs expected win percentage for European soccer teams from 1992-2013, with Barcelona 2012-13 and Arsenal 1998-99 labeled as outliers.

Charts 2014-05-07

Pythagorean Soccer Records

From Why the Best Scoring Margin Doesn’t Guarantee a Championship in European Soccer by Carl Bialik

Table comparing voter demographic shares between 2010 and 2012 elections, showing percentage point differences by race and age group.

Tables 2014-05-08

2010 vs. 2012 Voter Demographics Comparison

From Midterm Election Turnout Isn’t So Different From Presidential Year Turnout by Harry Enten

Table comparing actual share of 2010 voters versus projected share based on 2012 turnout, broken down by demographic group and age.

Tables 2014-05-08

Actual vs. Projected 2010 Voter Share by Demographic

From Midterm Election Turnout Isn’t So Different From Presidential Year Turnout by Harry Enten

Table showing voter demographics, their 2012 share of voters, Democratic margin in 2010, and Democratic 2010 margin based on 2012 share, broken down by race and age group.

Tables 2014-05-08

Democratic 2010 Margin Based on 2012 Voter Share by Demographic

From Midterm Election Turnout Isn’t So Different From Presidential Year Turnout by Harry Enten

Table comparing offensive possessions per minute and Roy Hibbert's touches per minute across regular season, playoff games 1-8, and Game 2 vs. Wizards.

Tables 2014-05-08

Roy Hibbert Touches vs. Offensive Possessions Per Minute

From How Roy Hibbert Became Roy Hibbert Again, If Only For a Night by Ian Levy

Line chart comparing Jimmy Johnson's implied draft pick value chart (blue) versus the actual AV curve (red) by pick number from 1994 to 2013.

Charts 2014-05-08

Jimmy Johnson and the Value of an NFL Draft Pick

From No Team Can Beat the Draft by Neil Paine

Scatter plot showing NFL GM consistency in beating the draft market, comparing per-pick return over average for a 3-year segment vs. the previous 3 years, with a positive trend line.

Charts 2014-05-08

NFL GM Consistency in Beating the Draft Market

From No Team Can Beat the Draft by Neil Paine

Scatter plot showing NFL GM consistency in beating the draft market, comparing per-pick return over average for Year Y+1 vs Year Y from 1994 to 2013.

Charts 2014-05-08

NFL GM Consistency in Beating the Draft Market

From No Team Can Beat the Draft by Neil Paine

Scatter plot showing NFL team consistency in beating the draft market, plotting per-pick return over average for Year Y+1 vs Year Y from 1994 to 2013.

Charts 2014-05-08

NFL Team Consistency in Beating the Draft Market

From No Team Can Beat the Draft by Neil Paine

Scatter plot with fitted curve showing average Approximate Value of NFL draft picks over their first 5 years by pick number from 1994 to 2013, declining sharply from pick 1 to 250.

Charts 2014-05-08

Value of an NFL Draft Pick

From No Team Can Beat the Draft by Neil Paine

Baseball statistics table listing players with highest wRC+ in July, showing player name, team, year, batting average, wOBA, and wRC+ with Nolan Arenado highlighted.

Tables 2014-05-08

Best July Performances in MLB History by wRC+

From How Does Nolan Arenado’s 27-Game Hitting Streak Stack Up? by Neil Paine

Table listing general-election presidential losers since 1856 who ran again, showing candidate, party, year lost, year ran again, and result, plus a questionable cases section.

Tables 2014-05-08

General-Election Losers Who Ran For President Again (Since 1856)

From Could Mitt Romney Be the New Dick Nixon? by Micah Cohen, Nate Silver

Line chart showing U.S. total gross ownership of Chinese stocks in nominal dollars from 2001 to 2012, rising from near zero to about $120 billion.

Charts 2014-05-08

U.S. Ownership of Chinese Stocks

From Alibaba Is the Latest, Biggest Sign of Americans’ Growing Interest in Chinese Stocks by Andrew Flowers

Line chart showing U.S. ownership of Chinese stocks as a percent of total U.S. foreign-stock ownership in nominal dollars from 2001 to 2012.

Charts 2014-05-08

U.S. Ownership of Chinese Stocks

From Alibaba Is the Latest, Biggest Sign of Americans’ Growing Interest in Chinese Stocks by Andrew Flowers

Line chart showing projected U.S. oil consumption change from 2010 in millions of barrels per day for all liquid fuels and gasoline through 2040.

Charts 2014-05-09

Projected U.S. Oil Consumption

From Americans Will Burn Less Oil 25 Years From Now by Ben Casselman

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