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Four horizontal bar charts showing global centers of tennis talent as of Aug. 25, 2014, ranking countries by most ranked players and most total ranking points for both men and women.

Charts 2014-09-01

Global Centers Of Tennis Talent

From U.S. Women Are Stronger In The Tennis World Than U.S. Men by Carl Bialik

Horizontal bar chart showing the projected win distribution for the 2014 Buffalo Bills, with probabilities for each possible win total from 0 to 16.

Charts 2014-09-01

2014 Buffalo Bills Win Distribution

From 2014 NFL Preview: The Patriotic AFC East by Harry Enten

Horizontal bar chart showing the projected win distribution for the 2014 Miami Dolphins, with probabilities for each win total from 0 to 16, based on Vegas point spreads.

Charts 2014-09-01

2014 Miami Dolphins Win Distribution

From 2014 NFL Preview: The Patriotic AFC East by Harry Enten

Horizontal bar chart showing the projected win distribution for the 2014 New England Patriots, with probabilities for each possible win total from 0 to 16.

Charts 2014-09-01

2014 New England Patriots Win Distribution

From 2014 NFL Preview: The Patriotic AFC East by Harry Enten

Horizontal bar chart showing the projected 2014 New York Jets win distribution by number of wins, based on Vegas point spread power ratings.

Charts 2014-09-01

2014 New York Jets Win Distribution

From 2014 NFL Preview: The Patriotic AFC East by Harry Enten

Table showing pre-season FPI, Week 1 result with opponent FPI, post-Week 1 FPI, and change for top college football teams from 2005 to 2014, with 2014 Florida St. highlighted.

Tables 2014-09-02

College Football Pre-Season FPI vs Post-Week 1 FPI Change

From Florida State’s Scare, And The Worst Opening Weeks For Preseason No. 1s by Neil Paine

Horizontal bar chart showing the projected win distribution for the 2014 Houston Texans, with probabilities for each win total from 0 to 16, peaking at 9 wins with 13.3%.

Charts 2014-09-02

2014 Houston Texans Win Distribution

From 2014 NFL Preview: The AFC South Can’t Be Any Worse Than It Was Last Year by Reuben Fischer-Baum

Horizontal bar chart showing the projected 2014 Indianapolis Colts win distribution from 0 to 16 wins, based on power ratings implied from Vegas point spreads.

Charts 2014-09-02

2014 Indianapolis Colts Win Distribution

From 2014 NFL Preview: The AFC South Can’t Be Any Worse Than It Was Last Year by Reuben Fischer-Baum

Horizontal bar chart showing the projected win distribution for the 2014 Jacksonville Jaguars, based on power ratings implied from Vegas point spreads, with probabilities for 0 to 16 wins.

Charts 2014-09-02

2014 Jacksonville Jaguars Win Distribution

From 2014 NFL Preview: The AFC South Can’t Be Any Worse Than It Was Last Year by Reuben Fischer-Baum

Horizontal bar chart showing the projected win distribution for the 2014 Tennessee Titans, with probabilities ranging from 0 to 16 wins based on Vegas point spreads.

Charts 2014-09-02

2014 Tennessee Titans Win Distribution

From 2014 NFL Preview: The AFC South Can’t Be Any Worse Than It Was Last Year by Reuben Fischer-Baum

Horizontal bar chart showing batted passes per NFL team from 2011 to 2013, with Houston leading at 70 and Jacksonville last at 24, highlighting J.J. Watt's individual total of 26.

Charts 2014-09-02

Get Your Hands Up: Batted Passes per NFL Team, 2011-13

From 2014 NFL Preview: The AFC South Can’t Be Any Worse Than It Was Last Year by Reuben Fischer-Baum

Dot plot showing percentage of snaps where the QB was hit or sacked for 77 offensive tackles with 1,000+ pass-blocking snaps since 2009, with Michael Oher highlighted at 2.5%.

Charts 2014-09-02

Offensive Tackles And Pass Protection

From 2014 NFL Preview: The AFC South Can’t Be Any Worse Than It Was Last Year by Reuben Fischer-Baum

Dot plot showing penalty yardage per 100 snaps for 77 NFL offensive tackles with 1,000+ pass-blocking snaps since 2009, with Michael Oher highlighted at 6.2 yards.

Charts 2014-09-02

Penalty Yardage For Offensive Tackles

From 2014 NFL Preview: The AFC South Can’t Be Any Worse Than It Was Last Year by Reuben Fischer-Baum

Ranked table of NFL running backs by yards per rushing attempt, showing seasons, rushing attempts, yards, and yards per attempt for the top 30 players.

Tables 2014-09-02

Top 30 NFL Running Backs by Yards Per Rushing Attempt

From 2014 NFL Preview: The AFC South Can’t Be Any Worse Than It Was Last Year by Reuben Fischer-Baum

Line chart showing accumulated EPA by player season for seven NFL receivers who debuted since 1999 with over 400 career EPA, with Reggie Wayne highlighted in red at 606.

Charts 2014-09-02

Top Receivers To Debut Since 1999 By EPA

From 2014 NFL Preview: The AFC South Can’t Be Any Worse Than It Was Last Year by Reuben Fischer-Baum

$Hand-drawn icon array of thousands of dots showing the tiny fraction of people who find a soul mate versus the vast majority who are alone forever.$

Other 2014-09-02

Found Soul Mate vs. Alone Forever

From Randall Munroe Of xkcd Answers Our (Not So Absurd) Questions by Walt Hickey

Line chart showing the share of NYC restaurants receiving A, B, and C health grades from June 2011 to May 2014, with A grades rising to about 85% by 2014.

Charts 2014-09-02

New York City Health Grades Are Improving

From How Data Made Me A Believer In New York City’s Restaurant Grades by Kaiser Fung

Stacked bar chart showing the relationship between number of vermin types present and health grades (A, B, C) given to New York City restaurants.

Charts 2014-09-02

Vermin-Free Restaurants Grade Well

From How Data Made Me A Believer In New York City’s Restaurant Grades by Kaiser Fung

Horizontal bar chart showing the relative influence of variables on NYC restaurant health grades, with Vermin at 29% being the most influential factor.

Charts 2014-09-02

What Do Health Inspectors Care About?

From How Data Made Me A Believer In New York City’s Restaurant Grades by Kaiser Fung

MLB teams ranked by difference between preseason forecasted wins and actual win pace (regressed), showing diff and percentile for all 30 teams.

Tables 2014-09-02

MLB Preseason Forecasted Wins vs. Actual Win Pace

From The Astros Didn’t Play Like A Team Whose Manager Deserved To Be Fired by Neil Paine

Horizontal bar chart showing the projected win distribution for the 2014 Baltimore Ravens, with probabilities for each possible win total from 0 to 16.

Charts 2014-09-03

2014 Baltimore Ravens Win Distribution

From 2014 NFL Preview: The AFC North Is Up For Grabs by Carl Bialik

Horizontal bar chart showing the projected win distribution for the 2014 Cincinnati Bengals, with probabilities for each win total from 0 to 16, based on Vegas point spreads.

Charts 2014-09-03

2014 Cincinnati Bengals Win Distribution

From 2014 NFL Preview: The AFC North Is Up For Grabs by Carl Bialik

Horizontal bar chart showing the projected 2014 Cleveland Browns win distribution from 0 to 16 wins, based on power ratings implied from Vegas point spreads.

Charts 2014-09-03

2014 Cleveland Browns Win Distribution

From 2014 NFL Preview: The AFC North Is Up For Grabs by Carl Bialik

Horizontal bar chart showing the projected win distribution for the 2014 Pittsburgh Steelers, with probabilities ranging from 0 to 16 wins based on Vegas point spreads.

Charts 2014-09-03

2014 Pittsburgh Steelers Win Distribution

From 2014 NFL Preview: The AFC North Is Up For Grabs by Carl Bialik

Round 1 Winners of the Habanero Quadrant burrito bracket showing four restaurants with their scores: Taqueria Cancún 94, Little Donkey 80, Delicious Mexican Eatery 92, El Pelón Taqueria 79.

Other 2014-09-03

Round 1 Winners: Habanero Quadrant

From The Last Finalist For America’s Best Burrito Is Delicious by Anna Maria Barry-Jester

Other 2014-09-03

Round 2 Little Donkey: Adovada Burrito Scorecard

From The Last Finalist For America’s Best Burrito Is Delicious by Anna Maria Barry-Jester

Other 2014-09-03

Round 2: Delicious Mexican Eatery Chile Verde Burrito — Habanero Winner (94)

From The Last Finalist For America’s Best Burrito Is Delicious by Anna Maria Barry-Jester

Other 2014-09-03

Round 2: El Pelón Taqueria — El Guapo Burrito Scorecard

From The Last Finalist For America’s Best Burrito Is Delicious by Anna Maria Barry-Jester

Photo of a cut burrito on a yellow tray with scorecard showing Round 2 ratings for Taqueria Cancun Al Pastor Super Burrito totaling 92 points.

Other 2014-09-03

Round 2: Taqueria Cancún Al Pastor Super Burrito — Score 92

From The Last Finalist For America’s Best Burrito Is Delicious by Anna Maria Barry-Jester

2014 Senate Forecast

Charts 2014-09-03

2014 Senate Forecast

From 2014 Senate Forecast

Scatter plot comparing food stamp participation rate vs food insecurity rate by U.S. state in 2013, with a red trend line and labeled outliers.

Charts 2014-09-03

Food Stamp Participation vs. Food Insecurity

From Americans’ Access To Food Can Vary Widely By State by Andrew Flowers

Scatter plot comparing actual second-serve winning percentage vs. hypothetical second-serve winning percentage if hit as hard as first serves, for men and women tennis players.

Charts 2014-09-04

A Risky Serving Strategy

From Why Tennis Players Don’t Take More Risks On Second Serves by Carl Bialik

Line chart showing the percentage of Seattle waste that was recycled or composted rising from about 37% in 2003 to about 58% in 2013.

Charts 2014-09-04

Green Disposal In Seattle

From San Francisco Stalls In Its Attempt To Go Trash-Free by Carl Bialik

Line chart showing San Francisco's annual tons of waste not recycled or composted declining from about 875k in 2000 to around 430k by 2013.

Charts 2014-09-04

San Francisco's Garbage

From San Francisco Stalls In Its Attempt To Go Trash-Free by Carl Bialik

Paired horizontal bar chart comparing average annual hours of compulsory instruction per student in 2011 for primary and lower secondary education across OECD countries.

Charts 2014-09-04

School Daze: Average Annual Hours of Compulsory Instruction Per Student, 2011

From American Kids Will Spend An Average Of 943 Hours In Elementary School This Year by Mona Chalabi

Horizontal bar chart showing the projected win distribution for the 2014 Denver Broncos, with percentages for each possible win total from 0 to 16, based on Vegas point spreads.

Charts 2014-09-04

2014 Denver Broncos Win Distribution

From 2014 NFL Preview: The Broncos vs. The Hopefuls by Benjamin Morris

Horizontal bar chart showing the projected win distribution for the 2014 Kansas City Chiefs, with probabilities for each possible win total from 0 to 16.

Charts 2014-09-04

2014 Kansas City Chiefs Win Distribution

From 2014 NFL Preview: The Broncos vs. The Hopefuls by Benjamin Morris

Horizontal bar chart showing the projected win distribution for the 2014 Oakland Raiders, with probabilities for each win total from 0 to 16, based on Vegas point spreads.

Charts 2014-09-04

2014 Oakland Raiders Win Distribution

From 2014 NFL Preview: The Broncos vs. The Hopefuls by Benjamin Morris

Horizontal bar chart showing the projected win distribution for the 2014 San Diego Chargers, with 8 wins having the highest probability at 13.8%.

Charts 2014-09-04

2014 San Diego Chargers Win Distribution

From 2014 NFL Preview: The Broncos vs. The Hopefuls by Benjamin Morris

Comparison table of Adrian Peterson vs Jamaal Charles rushing stats by down and distance, showing attempts, yards per carry, and first down percentage.

Tables 2014-09-04

Adrian Peterson vs. Jamaal Charles: Rushing Stats by Down and Distance

From 2014 NFL Preview: The Broncos vs. The Hopefuls by Benjamin Morris

Line chart showing expected career wins after rookie year for a QB picked 36th, by number of games started during rookie year, rising from ~17 wins at 0 starts to ~34 wins at 16 starts.

Charts 2014-09-04

Do Rookie QBs Who Start Have Better Careers?

From 2014 NFL Preview: The Broncos vs. The Hopefuls by Benjamin Morris

Line chart comparing Jamaal Charles and Adrian Peterson's percentage of first-and-10 runs outside the red zone resulting in each yardage outcome, versus other RBs.

Charts 2014-09-04

Jamaal Charles vs. Adrian Peterson: First-and-10 Run Yardage Distribution

From 2014 NFL Preview: The Broncos vs. The Hopefuls by Benjamin Morris

Scatter plot comparing NFL team winning percentage vs. net points per drive from 2006-2013, highlighting Super Bowl winners, the Chargers, Steelers, Patriots, and Peytons.

Charts 2014-09-04

Most Teams As Good As The Chargers Have Won A Super Bowl

From 2014 NFL Preview: The Broncos vs. The Hopefuls by Benjamin Morris

Charts 2014-09-04

NFL Preview 2014 Logo

From 2014 NFL Preview: The Broncos vs. The Hopefuls by Benjamin Morris

Scatter plot comparing Peyton Manning's QBR versus average QBR of other QBs against the same defenses, 2006-2013, with wins in green and losses in red.

Charts 2014-09-04

Peyton Manning Plays Well No Matter What

From 2014 NFL Preview: The Broncos vs. The Hopefuls by Benjamin Morris

Scatter plot comparing NFL QB winning percentages in close games (7 points or less) vs. blowouts (8+ points) from 2006-2013, highlighting Manning, Brady, Rivers, and Rodgers.

Charts 2014-09-04

Who Wins The Close Ones?

From 2014 NFL Preview: The Broncos vs. The Hopefuls by Benjamin Morris

Medical diagram of a dog's digestive tract showing locations and percentages of foreign bodies found in 152 dogs and 16 cats, with mean duration of clinical signs.

Other 2014-09-04

Foreign Body Locations in Dogs and Cats Digestive Tract (FIG 2)

From What Cats And Dogs Are Swallowing by Mona Chalabi

Table 3 listing types of foreign objects recovered from the gastrointestinal tract of dogs and cats, with counts for each object type.

Tables 2014-09-04

Foreign Objects Recovered from the Gastrointestinal Tract

From What Cats And Dogs Are Swallowing by Mona Chalabi

Table 3 listing types of foreign objects recovered from the gastrointestinal tract of dogs and cats, with counts for each object type.

Tables 2014-09-04

Foreign objects recovered from the gastrointestinal tract

From What Cats And Dogs Are Swallowing by Mona Chalabi

NFL team passing frequency table showing game script, pass percentage, pass% vs NFL average, expected vs NFL average, and percentile rankings for all 32 teams.

Tables 2014-09-04

NFL Team Passing Frequency by Game Script and Percentile

From Measuring NFL Teams’ Pass-Happiness Isn’t As Straightforward As It Seems by Neil Paine

NFL teams ranked by passing percentage percentile, showing year, team record, game script, pass%, pass% vs NFL average, expected vs NFL average, and percentile from 1970s to 2012.

Tables 2014-09-04

NFL Teams Passing Percentage Percentile Rankings

From Measuring NFL Teams’ Pass-Happiness Isn’t As Straightforward As It Seems by Neil Paine

FiveThirtyEight NFL Elo Ratings table from Sept. 4, 2014 showing all 32 teams ranked by Elo rating with simulated wins, losses, point differential, division, and playoff odds.

Tables 2014-09-04

FiveThirtyEight's NFL Elo Ratings — Sept. 4, 2014

From NFL Week 1 Elo Ratings by Nate Silver

Table of Week 1 NFL matchups showing home and visiting teams with Elo ratings, win percentages, and Elo point spreads for all 16 games.

Tables 2014-09-04

Week 1 NFL Matchups According To Elo Ratings

From NFL Week 1 Elo Ratings by Nate Silver

Table comparing college sports nicknames before and after the NCAA ban on Native American mascots, with changed nicknames highlighted in red.

Tables 2014-09-05

College Nicknames Pre-Ban vs. Current Nickname

From The 2,128 Native American Mascots People Aren’t Talking About by Hayley Munguia

Horizontal bar chart showing the count of sports team names referencing Native Americans across high school, college, pro, semi-pro and amateur teams as of July 23, 2013.

Charts 2014-09-05

Sports Team Names Referencing Native Americans

From The 2,128 Native American Mascots People Aren’t Talking About by Hayley Munguia

Two US choropleth maps comparing Native American share of state populations in 2010 with the percentage of high schools using Native American mascots by state.

Maps 2014-09-05

Where Native Americans Live … And Where High School Mascots Reference Them

From The 2,128 Native American Mascots People Aren’t Talking About by Hayley Munguia

Line chart showing seasonally adjusted job growth from a year earlier for private sector and all jobs from 2011 to 2014, with both lines rising from near zero to about 2.5 million.

Charts 2014-09-05

Job Growth From A Year Earlier

From The Jobs Numbers Were Discouraging, But Don’t Overreact by Ben Casselman

Line chart showing the share of prime-age workers ages 25-54 who have jobs, seasonally adjusted, from 2006 to 2014, with a sharp drop during the 2008-2009 recession.

Charts 2014-09-05

Share Of Prime-Age Workers Who Have Jobs

From The Jobs Numbers Were Discouraging, But Don’t Overreact by Ben Casselman

Line chart showing the percentage of unemployed people who found a job versus stopped looking one month later, seasonally adjusted from 2007 to 2014.

Charts 2014-09-05

What The Unemployed Are Doing One Month Later

From The Jobs Numbers Were Discouraging, But Don’t Overreact by Ben Casselman

Table showing 8 rounds of chess results with columns for pieces played, opponent, result, and opening used.

Tables 2014-09-05

Chess Tournament Results by Round: Pieces, Opponent, Result, Opening

From Fabiano Caruana Is Doing The Impossible At Chess’s Most Competitive Tournament by Oliver Roeder

Table showing 8 rounds of chess results with columns for pieces played, opponent, result, and opening used.

Tables 2014-09-05

Chess Tournament Results by Round: Pieces, Opponent, Result, Opening

From Fabiano Caruana Is Doing The Impossible At Chess's Most Competitive Tournament by Oliver Roeder

Dot plot with horizontal gray bars and red or blue dots aligned along a vertical dashed line, showing comparative data points across multiple rows.

Charts 2014-09-05

Dot plot with confidence intervals

From Fabiano Caruana Is Doing The Impossible At Chess's Most Competitive Tournament by Oliver Roeder

Line chart comparing Fabiano Caruana's and Magnus Carlsen's FIDE chess ratings from 2002 to 2014, showing Carlsen consistently rated higher.

Charts 2014-09-05

Young Masters, Tête-à-Tête

From Fabiano Caruana Is Doing The Impossible At Chess's Most Competitive Tournament by Oliver Roeder

Line chart comparing Fabiano Caruana's and Magnus Carlsen's FIDE chess ratings from 2002 to 2014, showing Carlsen consistently rated higher.

Charts 2014-09-05

Young Masters, Tête-à-Tête

From Fabiano Caruana Is Doing The Impossible At Chess’s Most Competitive Tournament by Oliver Roeder

Horizontal bar chart showing the percentage of unemployed workers leaving the labor force by age group over 12 months ended July 2014, with ages 25-54 having the highest share at 46.6%.

Charts 2014-09-05

Unemployed Workers Leaving Labor Force, By Age

From Don’t Blame Boomers For Unemployed Workers Leaving The Labor Force by Ben Casselman

Line chart showing share of men's ATP ranking points at start of U.S. Open from 1990 to 2014 for Spain, France, USA, Sweden, and other countries.

Charts 2014-09-05

Share Of Men's Ranking Points

From As U.S. Tennis Power Fell, Spanish Men And Czech Women Were Rising by Carl Bialik

Line chart showing the share of ATP-ranked men's tennis players by country (USA, Spain, France, Sweden, and others) at the start of the U.S. Open from 1990 to 2014.

Charts 2014-09-05

Share Of Ranked Men's Players

From As U.S. Tennis Power Fell, Spanish Men And Czech Women Were Rising by Carl Bialik

Line chart showing the share of WTA-ranked women's tennis players by country (USA, Russia, France, and others) at the start of the U.S. Open from 1999 to 2014.

Charts 2014-09-05

Share Of Ranked Women's Players

From As U.S. Tennis Power Fell, Spanish Men And Czech Women Were Rising by Carl Bialik

Line chart showing share of women's WTA ranking points by country (USA, Russia, France, Czech Republic) at start of U.S. Open from 1999 to 2014.

Charts 2014-09-05

Share Of Women's Ranking Points

From As U.S. Tennis Power Fell, Spanish Men And Czech Women Were Rising by Carl Bialik

Horizontal bar chart showing how often 719 survey respondents said they pee in the shower, with categories ranging from every time to once or twice.

Charts 2014-09-05

How Often Do You Pee In The Shower?

From Dear Mona, I Pee In The Shower. Am I Normal? by Mona Chalabi

Horizontal bar chart showing how often 719 survey respondents said they pee in the shower, with percentages ranging from 7.1% every time to 46.8% once or twice.

Charts 2014-09-05

How Often Do You Pee In The Shower?

From Dear Mona, I Pee In The Shower. Am I Normal? by Mona Chalabi

Dot plot showing percentage of 1,169 survey respondents who said they had urinated in various discreet and less discreet locations, broken down by men and women.

Charts 2014-09-05

Where Have People Peed?

From Dear Mona, I Pee In The Shower. Am I Normal? by Mona Chalabi

Dot plot showing percentage of 1,169 survey respondents who said they had urinated in various discreet and less discreet locations, broken down by men and women.

Charts 2014-09-05

Where Have People Peed?

From Dear Mona, I Pee In The Shower. Am I Normal? by Mona Chalabi

Table listing tennis players with their Grand Slam wins vs. Ancic, peak ranking, and other credentials including major titles and notable achievements.

Tables 2014-09-06

Grand Slam Wins vs. Ancic, Peak Ranking, and Other Credentials

From For Years, The Road To Grand Slam Greatness Ran Through Mario Ancic by Carl Bialik

Horizontal bar chart showing the percentage of 874 air-passenger respondents who rated various airplane behaviors as very or somewhat rude, from a 2014 SurveyMonkey poll.

Charts 2014-09-06

Hell Is Other People In A Pressurized Metal Tube

From 41 Percent Of Fliers Think You’re Rude If You Recline Your Seat by Walt Hickey

Scatter plot comparing airline seat classes including Economy, Premium Economy, Business, and First Class across short and long haul flights on two numeric axes.

Charts 2014-09-07

Airline Seat Class Scatter Plot by Haul Type

From Ctrl + ← Airline Legroom, The Fourth Down And Bad Umpires by Mona Chalabi

Scatter plot comparing airline seat classes including Economy, Premium Economy, Business, and First Class across short and long haul flights on two numeric axes.

Charts 2014-09-07

Airline Seat Class Scatter Plot by Haul Type

From Ctrl + ← Airline Legroom, The Fourth Down And Bad Umpires by Mona Chalabi

Dot map of Los Angeles area schools colored by vaccination exemption rate, ranging from up to 3.1% (dark gray) to greater than 20% (dark orange).

Maps 2014-09-07

Exemption Rates by School in the Los Angeles Area

From Ctrl + ← Airline Legroom, The Fourth Down And Bad Umpires by Mona Chalabi

Dot map of Los Angeles area schools colored by vaccination exemption rates, ranging from up to 3.1% (dark gray) to greater than 20% (dark orange).

Maps 2014-09-07

Exemption Rates by School in the Los Angeles Area

From Ctrl + ← Airline Legroom, The Fourth Down And Bad Umpires by Mona Chalabi

A collage of nine FiveThirtyEight images including charts, photos, illustrations, and infographics arranged in a 3x3 grid.

Other 2014-09-07

FiveThirtyEight Image Collage

From Ctrl + ← Airline Legroom, The Fourth Down And Bad Umpires by Mona Chalabi

Side-by-side bar charts comparing NYT 4th Down Bot recommendations versus what NFL coaches actually do most often on 4th down, by yards to go and field position.

Charts 2014-09-07

What NYT 4th Down Bot Recommends vs. What NFL Coaches Do Most Often

From Ctrl + ← Airline Legroom, The Fourth Down And Bad Umpires by Mona Chalabi

Side-by-side bar charts comparing what the NYT 4th Down Bot recommends versus what NFL coaches actually do on 4th down, by yards to go and field position.

Charts 2014-09-07

What NYT 4th Down Bot Recommends vs. What NFL Coaches Do Most Often

From Ctrl + ← Airline Legroom, The Fourth Down And Bad Umpires by Mona Chalabi

Dot plot showing share of people who take vitamin D, have diabetes, or are overweight by education level and race in 2009-10.

Charts 2014-09-08

Vitamins Aren't Behind Better Health

From Don’t Take Your Vitamins by Emily Oster

Line chart comparing the Big Four tennis players (Federer, Nadal, Djokovic, Murray) vs the Next Four (Del Potro, Cilic, Nishikori, Raonic) by percentage of maximum Grand Slam and Masters ranking points by average age.

Charts 2014-09-08

The Big Four And The Next Four

From It’s Not The End Of An Era For Men’s Tennis by Carl Bialik, Nate Silver

Line chart showing the combined percentage of annual maximum possible Grand Slam and Masters ranking points earned by Federer, Nadal, Djokovic, and Murray from 1998 to 2014.

Charts 2014-09-08

The Big Four's Reign

From It’s Not The End Of An Era For Men’s Tennis by Carl Bialik, Nate Silver

Two-column table showing NFL playoff favorites win percentage, point spread RMSE, and average ELO shift by year from 1970 to 2014.

Tables 2014-09-08

NFL Playoff Favorites Win%, PT Spread RMSE, and Avg ELO Shift by Year (1970–2014)

From Week 1 In The NFL Was Full Of Upsets, But Not Necessarily Surprises by Neil Paine

Scatter plot comparing win percentage in semis and finals vs. through quarterfinals for 12 Open era players with five or more Grand Slam titles, highlighting Serena Williams.

Charts 2014-09-08

Serena Wins Most When The End Is In Sight

From Serena Williams Is Some Kind Of Clutch by Benjamin Morris

Bubble chart comparing Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova winning percentages versus opponents of varying relative strength before the semifinals.

Charts 2014-09-08

Serena vs. Maria, Before Semis

From Serena Williams Is Some Kind Of Clutch by Benjamin Morris

Bubble scatter chart comparing Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova winning percentages vs. relative strength of opponent in Grand Slam semis and finals.

Charts 2014-09-08

Serena vs. Maria, Semis And Finals

From Serena Williams Is Some Kind Of Clutch by Benjamin Morris

Table showing win percentage relative to expectation in percentage points for top women's tennis players, split between through quarterfinals and semis and finals.

Tables 2014-09-08

Win Percentage Relative to Expectation (Percentage Points)

From Serena Williams Is Some Kind Of Clutch by Benjamin Morris

Line chart showing Andy Murray, Federer, Nadal, and Djokovic's percentage of total possible Grand Slam and Masters ranking points from 1990 to the mid-2010s.

Charts 2014-09-08

Andy Murray's Place In The Big Four

From Tennis Has A Big Three-And-A-Half by Carl Bialik, Nate Silver

Dot chart showing a man's age versus the age of women who look best to him, with a dashed diagonal reference line and red numbers indicating preferred ages.

Charts 2014-09-09

A man's age vs. the age of the women who look best to him

From Matchmaker, Matchmaker, Make Me A Spreadsheet by Chadwick Matlin

Scatter plot showing a woman's age on the left axis versus the age of men who look best to her, with red numbers plotted along a diagonal dashed line.

Charts 2014-09-09

A woman's age vs. the age of the men who look best to her

From Matchmaker, Matchmaker, Make Me A Spreadsheet by Chadwick Matlin

Dot plot comparing actual vs. preferred birth intervals in years between children for women across roughly 50 countries, 2000-2008.

Charts 2014-09-09

How Long Women Wait To Have A Second Child

From How Long Most Parents Wait Between Children by Mona Chalabi

Dot plot comparing actual vs. preferred birth intervals in years between children for women across roughly 50 countries, 2000-2008.

Charts 2014-09-09

How Long Women Wait To Have A Second Child

From How Long Most Parents Wait Between Children by Mona Chalabi

Two tables showing average bias of likely voter polls in midterm and presidential election years from 1990 to 2012, with averages and medians.

Tables 2014-09-09

Average Bias of Likely Voter Polls: Midterm vs Presidential Years

From Registered Voter Polls Will (Usually) Overrate Democrats by Nate Silver

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