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Editorial infographic displaying the number 34 robotics engineers over a yellow-tinted aerial photo of a building.

Other 2015-06-01

34 Robotics Engineers

From Significant Digits For Monday, June 1, 2015 by Walt Hickey

Ranked table of best supporting casts in NBA Finals from 1985-2015, showing year, team, best player, talent rating, teammate rating, opponent, and win result.

Tables 2015-06-01

Best Supporting Casts In The NBA Finals

From Where This Year's Cavs Rank Among LeBron’s NBA Finals Supporting Casts by Neil Paine

Six tables ranking LeBron James's NBA Finals supporting casts by leverage- and minute-weighted Statistical Plus/Minus talent rating, covering 2007–2015 teams.

Tables 2015-06-01

LeBron's Best NBA Finals Supporting Casts

From Where This Year's Cavs Rank Among LeBron’s NBA Finals Supporting Casts by Neil Paine

Soccer field diagram showing U.S. shot differential in friendlies, with shot locations marked for both offense and defense using soccer ball icons.

Charts 2015-06-01

U.S. Shot Differential in Friendlies

From What We Learned From The U.S. Women’s Soccer Friendlies by Sharon B. Katz

Horizontal bar chart showing survey responses to how worried Americans are about 'The Big One' earthquake, with most respondents not worried at all (33%).

Charts 2015-06-02

How Worried Are You About 'The Big One'?

From The Rock Isn’t Alone: Lots Of People Are Worried About ‘The Big One’ by Walt Hickey

Green-tinted photo of an airplane at gate 37 overlaid with large white text showing $30, used as a data-driven editorial graphic about airline fees.

Other 2015-06-02

$30 Airline Fee Infographic

From Significant Digits For Tuesday, June 2, 2015 by Walt Hickey

Table of soccer match results with date, location, competition, opponent, score, weight, offensive rating, and defensive rating columns.

Tables 2015-06-02

Soccer Match Results with Offensive and Defensive Ratings

From How Our Women’s World Cup Model Works by Jay Boice, Nate Silver

Bar chart showing the percentage of transgender/gender non-conforming people who disclose their identity to various groups, from close friends (68%) to never (12%).

Charts 2015-06-02

I tell people that I'm transgender/gender non-conforming (Mark all that apply)

From Most Americans Say They Don’t Know A Transgender Person — But Many Of Them Probably Do by Mona Chalabi

Green-tinted photo of San Francisco Victorian houses with large white text showing $4,225, representing a rent or housing price figure.

Other 2015-06-03

$4,225 San Francisco Housing Cost Infographic

From Significant Digits For Wednesday, June 3, 2015 by Walt Hickey

Color-coded table showing projected U.S. TV ratings for Stanley Cup Final games by matchup, including actual Blackhawks-Lightning series and hypothetical matchups.

Tables 2015-06-03

Americans Like Their Hockey Local: Projected U.S. TV Ratings for Stanley Cup Final

From Memo From A Bitter Rangers Fan: The NHL Just Missed A Ratings Bonanza by Nate Silver

Partial view of a line chart showing three downward-trending lines in purple, gold, and green on a light gray grid background, with no visible axis labels or title.

Charts 2015-06-03

Three Declining Trend Lines Chart

From How Your Tennis Stats Get Made by Carl Bialik

Green-tinted editorial graphic showing a TV remote control with large white text reading $12 Billion, representing a monetary figure.

Other 2015-06-04

$12 Billion

From Significant Digits For Thursday, June 4, 2015 by Walt Hickey

FiveThirtyEight table comparing Golden State Warriors (76%) vs Cleveland Cavaliers (24%) NBA Finals rosters with Real Plus-Minus ratings and Four Factors statistics indexed on a 0-100 scale.

Tables 2015-06-04

Golden State Warriors (76%) vs. Cleveland Cavaliers (24%) NBA Finals Comparison

From NBA Finals Preview: LeBron vs. Curry vs. Everybody Else by Neil Paine

A cropped line chart showing two overlapping time-series lines, one blue and one gray, with volatile fluctuations over time and no visible axis labels or title.

Charts 2015-06-04

Two-Line Time Series Chart (Cropped)

From NBA Finals Preview: LeBron vs. Curry vs. Everybody Else by Neil Paine

Dot plot ranking GOP presidential candidates by conservatism score based on fundraising, congressional voting records, and public issue statements as of May 27, 2015.

Charts 2015-06-04

How Conservative Are GOP Presidential Candidates?

From Rick Perry Fell Harder Than Anyone — And He’s The First To Try Again by Harry Enten

Table showing presidential primary candidates with their campaign year, month, party, polling average, actual vote share, and the difference between polling and actual results.

Tables 2015-06-04

Presidential Primary Polling Average vs. Actual Vote Difference

From Rick Perry Fell Harder Than Anyone — And He’s The First To Try Again by Harry Enten

Table of NBA/BAA Finals retrodictions based on Elo ratings and home-court advantage, listing year, favorite, underdog, Elo scores, series win probability, and series winner.

Tables 2015-06-04

The NBA Finals Are A Favorite's Game

From LeBron’s Greatest Challenge: The NBA Finals Aren’t Kind To Underdogs by Nate Silver, Alok Pattani

Scatter plot comparing year-over-year Elo change vs. talent change for NBA Finals teams since 1980, highlighting Warriors 2014-15, Cavs 2014-15, and Celtics 2007-08.

Charts 2015-06-04

The Warriors Improved A Lot, Organically

From The Warriors Became Great — Organically by Andrew Flowers

Scatter plot comparing forwards in Big Five European soccer leagues by average defenders taken on per game versus success rate, 2011-present, with Messi, Ronaldo, and Suarez labeled.

Charts 2015-06-05

Messi Is Pure Candy

From Lionel Messi’s Majestic Season by Benjamin Morris

Line chart comparing Messi and Ronaldo's non-penalty goals plus assists per game versus 3,280 other forwards and midfielders across Big Five soccer league seasons from 2010-11 to 2014-15.

Charts 2015-06-05

The Once And Present King

From Lionel Messi’s Majestic Season by Benjamin Morris

Line chart comparing Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo's cumulative non-penalty goals plus assists in club team games from August 2014 to June 2015.

Charts 2015-06-05

This Season's Tête-À-Tête

From Lionel Messi’s Majestic Season by Benjamin Morris

Scatter plot comparing games played vs non-penalty goals plus assists for forwards and midfielders in Big Five leagues from 2014 World Cup through June 4, 2015, highlighting Messi and Ronaldo as outliers.

Charts 2015-06-05

Two Of These Things Are Not Like The Others

From Lionel Messi’s Majestic Season by Benjamin Morris

Yellow-tinted photo of bananas overlaid with large white text reading $7 Billion, representing a monetary figure related to the banana industry.

Other 2015-06-05

$7 Billion Banana Infographic

From Significant Digits For Friday, June 5, 2015 by Walt Hickey

Line chart showing change in short-term and long-term unemployment since December 2007, seasonally adjusted, from 2008 to 2015.

Charts 2015-06-05

Change In Unemployment Since December 2007

From A Good Jobs Report, But Not Yet A Full Recovery by Ben Casselman

Line chart showing seasonally adjusted employment growth since the start of the 2008 recession, with separate lines for part-time (gold) and full-time (red) employment from 2008 to 2015.

Charts 2015-06-05

Employment Growth Since Start Of Recession

From A Good Jobs Report, But Not Yet A Full Recovery by Ben Casselman

Line chart showing seasonally adjusted hourly earnings change from a year earlier for all workers and non-managers from 2008 to 2015.

Charts 2015-06-05

Hourly Earnings, Change From A Year Earlier

From A Good Jobs Report, But Not Yet A Full Recovery by Ben Casselman

Line chart showing total and private jobs gained from a year earlier, seasonally adjusted, from 2011 to 2015, with both series rising from near 0 to about 3 million.

Charts 2015-06-05

Jobs Gained From A Year Earlier

From A Good Jobs Report, But Not Yet A Full Recovery by Ben Casselman

Line chart showing the U.S. labor force participation rate for ages 16 and over, seasonally adjusted, from 1970 to 2015, peaking around 2000 and declining sharply after 2008.

Charts 2015-06-05

Labor Force Participation Rate

From A Good Jobs Report, But Not Yet A Full Recovery by Ben Casselman

Line chart showing the prime-age employment rate for ages 25 to 54, seasonally adjusted, from 1996 to 2015, with a sharp drop around 2008-2010.

Charts 2015-06-05

Prime-Age Employment Rate

From A Good Jobs Report, But Not Yet A Full Recovery by Ben Casselman

Line chart showing average predicted win probability of USWNT and top 3 teams against the 10th-ranked team by WSPI from 1991 to 2015, illustrating a decline from ~97% to ~81%.

Charts 2015-06-05

In Women's Soccer, The Mighty Are Falling

From The Rest Of The World Is Catching Up To The Top Teams In Women’s Soccer by Sharon B. Katz

Table showing academic disciplines ranked by mean starting salary with percentage of graduates with positive outcomes, from Engineering at top to Legal Studies at bottom.

Tables 2015-06-05

Percentage of Graduates With Positive Outcome and Mean Starting Salary by Academic Discipline

From The Class of 2014 Is Doing Pretty Well by Hayley Munguia

Table showing Cleveland's chances of winning the NBA Finals based on Elo ratings and various levels of impact from Kyrie Irving's injury.

Tables 2015-06-05

Cleveland's Chances Of Winning The NBA Finals

From What Kyrie Irving’s Injury Could Mean For The Cavs’ Chances by Nate Silver

Four small multiples line charts showing how average time per point has changed for tennis Big Four players Djokovic, Federer, Murray, and Nadal from 2000 to 2015.

Charts 2015-06-06

Change Of Pace: Average Time Per Point for the Big Four

From Why Some Tennis Matches Take Forever by Carl Bialik

Line chart showing change in average time to play a point in men's tennis from 1991 to 2015, indexed to 1991, with a notable uptick after 2013 slow-play rule enforcement.

Charts 2015-06-06

Change in the average time taken to play a point in men's tennis

From Why Some Tennis Matches Take Forever by Carl Bialik

Ranked table of men's tennis player speeds showing average time added per point, listing the 10 fastest, 10 slowest, and 8 other notable players with their rankings and second values.

Tables 2015-06-06

Player Speeds: Average time added per point in men's tennis

From Why Some Tennis Matches Take Forever by Carl Bialik

Table showing surface speeds by average time added per point in men's tennis, listing fastest, slowest, and other notable tournaments with surface type, years running, and time added.

Tables 2015-06-06

Surface Speeds: Average Time Added Per Point in Men's Tennis

From Why Some Tennis Matches Take Forever by Carl Bialik

Color-coded table showing the probability the U.S. women's national soccer team reaches each tournament round and plays at each Canadian city, as of June 5, 2015.

Tables 2015-06-06

So You Want To See The U.S. Play

From Where The U.S. Women Are Likely To Play In The World Cup’s Knockout Stage by Sharon B. Katz

Dot plot showing multiple rows of purple, red, and gold colored dots positioned along a horizontal axis, likely comparing three values across several categories.

Charts 2015-06-06

Dot Plot Comparing Three Values Across Multiple Categories

From Tobey Maguire Is The Real-Life Vince From 'Entourage' by Walt Hickey

Horizontal bar chart showing lengths behind Secretariat at Belmont for all modern Triple Crown winners since 1926, from American Pharoah at 13 lengths to Gallant Fox at 38 lengths.

Charts 2015-06-07

All The Modern Triple Crown Winners At Belmont

From American Pharoah's A Superhorse, But He's No Secretariat by Benjamin Morris

Scatter plot with five-year rolling average line showing Belmont Stakes winning times in seconds from 1926 to the mid-2010s, highlighting Triple Crown winners, Secretariat, and American Pharoah.

Charts 2015-06-07

Twelve Furlongs To Daylight

From American Pharoah's A Superhorse, But He's No Secretariat by Benjamin Morris

Bar chart showing linguistic features of a woman's speech on a date that correlate positively or negatively with feeling like she clicked with someone.

Charts 2015-06-07

Linguistic Features of a Woman's Speech on a Date That Correlate to Her Feeling Like She "Clicked" With Someone

From The Week In Data: Police Killings, Presidential Hopefuls, And Older Love Interests by Mona Chalabi

Dual line charts showing the number of Republican and Democratic primary candidates in the race by week before the general election, comparing 2016 projections to historical cycles since 1972.

Charts 2015-06-07

Number of Candidates in the Race by Week — Republicans vs. Democrats

From The Week In Data: Police Killings, Presidential Hopefuls, And Older Love Interests by Mona Chalabi

Six donut charts comparing Democrat (blue) vs Republican (red) party affiliation for six occupations: Environmentalist, Oil Worker, Flight Attendant, Pilot, Bartender, and Beer Wholesaler.

Charts 2015-06-07

Party Affiliation by Occupation: Donut Charts

From The Week In Data: Police Killings, Presidential Hopefuls, And Older Love Interests by Mona Chalabi

Interactive infographic showing 473 people killed this year by police, broken down by race and ethnicity with a bar chart, and by state with Oklahoma highlighted showing 22 total killed, rank 1/51 per capita.

Charts 2015-06-07

People Killed This Year by Police — Oklahoma Per Capita View

From The Week In Data: Police Killings, Presidential Hopefuls, And Older Love Interests by Mona Chalabi

Line chart comparing Scarlett Johansson's age to her love interests' ages in films from 2001 to 2015, showing the gap widens over time.

Charts 2015-06-07

Scarlett Johansson's Age vs. Love Interest's Age (2001–2015)

From The Week In Data: Police Killings, Presidential Hopefuls, And Older Love Interests by Mona Chalabi

Yellow-tinted editorial graphic showing a surprised woman with large white text reading $30 Million overlaid on the image.

Other 2015-06-08

$30 Million

From Significant Digits For Monday, June 8, 2015 by Walt Hickey

Line chart showing U.S. win, draw, and lose probabilities throughout a soccer game tied with Australia, with a key threshold marked at 62 minutes.

Charts 2015-06-08

If The U.S. Is Tied With Australia — Win Probability Throughout the Game

From A Win Probability Guide To U.S. vs. Australia by Mike Beuoy

Line chart showing U.S. win, draw, and lose probabilities throughout a soccer game when trailing Australia by one goal, with a panic annotation at 75 minutes.

Charts 2015-06-08

If The U.S. Trails Australia By One

From A Win Probability Guide To U.S. vs. Australia by Mike Beuoy

Side-by-side bar charts ranking top Republican debate candidates by national polling averages as of June 5, 2015, under Fox News and CNN debate criteria.

Charts 2015-06-08

Who's Going To Make The Republican Debates?

From What Fox News Still Isn’t Saying About Its GOP Debate by Harry Enten

Area chart showing attempted and completed escapes from New York State prisons declining from 1983 to 2013.

Charts 2015-06-08

Escapes From New York State Prisons Are Falling

From Escapees From New York's Prisons Are Rarely Free For Long by Leah Libresco

Timeline chart showing Tony Award categories from 1950 to 2010s where at least one winner was female, with red marks indicating years a female won.

Charts 2015-06-08

Beyond Costume Design: Tony Awards with Female Winners by Category

From The Tonys Have Never Been So Dominated By Women by Joanna Kao

Table listing Tony Award categories, winner names, and associated shows including Fun Home, Curious Incident, An American in Paris, and The King and I.

Tables 2015-06-08

Tony Award Winners by Category, Name, and Show

From The Tonys Have Never Been So Dominated By Women by Joanna Kao

Horizontal range chart showing projected scoring distribution (10th to 90th percentile) for a team averaging 100 points per game at various 3-point attempt percentages from 0% to 50%.

Charts 2015-06-08

3-Pointers Barely Affect Scoring Consistency

From ‘Live By The Three, Die By The Three’ Is Mostly A Myth by Nate Silver

Horizontal bar chart showing NBA teams ranked by 3-point attempt percentage alongside their average points per game range for the 2014-15 season, exploring whether 3-pointer-heavy teams are more volatile.

Charts 2015-06-08

Are Teams That Love 3-Pointers More Volatile?

From ‘Live By The Three, Die By The Three’ Is Mostly A Myth by Nate Silver

Other 2015-06-09

Apple $14.99 Price Infographic

From Significant Digits For Tuesday, June 9, 2015 by Walt Hickey

Other 2015-06-09

2015 Women's World Cup Logo

From U.S. Beats Australia, But Germany Inches Ahead In Our Women’s World Cup Forecast by Allison McCann

Line chart showing points scored per World Cup game by Asian, African, North American and Oceanian teams against Europe and South America from 1974 to 2014.

Charts 2015-06-09

The Rest Of The Soccer World Isn't Catching Up

From Blatter’s Reign At FIFA Hasn’t Helped Soccer’s Poor by Nate Silver

Dot plot showing change in national team Elo ratings from 1998 to 2015 for the 10 largest countries in each FIFA confederation, with average changes noted per region.

Charts 2015-06-09

Who's Benefited From Blatter's Reign?

From Blatter’s Reign At FIFA Hasn’t Helped Soccer’s Poor by Nate Silver

Table ranking the 10 biggest single-game NBA Finals upsets from 1985-2015 by upset chances, showing year, game, teams, talent ratings, best players, and upset probability.

Tables 2015-06-09

Shock The World! Biggest Single-Game NBA Finals Upsets, 1985-2015

From The Cavs’ Win Was Either A Huge Upset Or A Sign Of Something Bigger by Neil Paine

Editorial infographic showing $750,000 in large white text overlaid on a red-tinted photo of a man wearing glasses.

Other 2015-06-10

$750,000 Editorial Infographic

From Significant Digits For Wednesday, June 10, 2015 by Walt Hickey

Horizontal bar chart showing the 20 most common unisex names in America with estimated population and male/female share splits, from FiveThirtyEight.

Charts 2015-06-10

The Most Common Unisex Names In America

From The Most Common Unisex Names In America: Is Yours One Of Them? by Andrew Flowers

Line chart showing ideological identification of Americans from 2007 to 2015, with Moderates declining, Conservatives relatively stable, and Liberals rising.

Charts 2015-06-10

Liberals Rise As Moderates Fall

From There Are More Liberals, But Not Fewer Conservatives by Harry Enten

Line chart showing trend in identification as Conservative by party ID (Democrats, Independents, Republicans) from 2000 to 2014, based on Gallup annual averages.

Charts 2015-06-10

Trend in Identification as "Conservative," by Party ID

From There Are More Liberals, But Not Fewer Conservatives by Harry Enten

Line chart showing the trend in identification as Liberal by party ID (Democrats, Independents, Republicans) from 2000 to 2014, with Democrats rising to 44%.

Charts 2015-06-10

Trend in Identification as "Liberal," by Party ID

From There Are More Liberals, But Not Fewer Conservatives by Harry Enten

Line and shaded area chart showing international aviation CO2 emissions projections from 2005 to 2055, comparing a 2% per year goal line against a Tech and Ops scenario range.

Charts 2015-06-10

International Aviation CO2 Emissions: Tech & Ops vs. 2% Per Year Goal

From The EPA’s Significant Yet Totally Insufficient Approach To Plane Emissions by Christie Aschwanden

Gold-tinted city skyline at night overlaid with large white text reading 49 PERCENT, used as a data-driven editorial graphic.

Other 2015-06-11

49 Percent

From Significant Digits For Thursday, June 11, 2015 by Walt Hickey

Line chart showing an NBA team's Elo rating over time, with the best team Elo of 1853 highlighted on Jun 9, 1996, and championship stars marked at peaks.

Charts 2015-06-11

Best Team Elo: 1853 — W 108-86 | SEA, Jun 9, 1996

From The Cavs Have Played The Defense Of Their Lives So Far -- Can They Keep It Up? by Neil Paine

Scatter plot showing points prevented per 100 possessions in first three games vs. remainder of NBA best-of-seven series from 1985-2015, with a red trend line.

Charts 2015-06-11

Early-Series Overachievement Persists … A Bit

From The Cavs Have Played The Defense Of Their Lives So Far -- Can They Keep It Up? by Neil Paine

Infographic showing USA with a 96.2% chance to advance from a World Cup group containing Sweden, Australia, and Nigeria, with a soccer player illustration.

Other 2015-06-11

USA 96.2% Chance to Advance – World Cup Group Infographic

From The Cavs Have Played The Defense Of Their Lives So Far -- Can They Keep It Up? by Neil Paine

Horizontal bar chart showing the percentage of multiracial adults who say people are often or sometimes confused by their racial background, broken down by racial group.

Charts 2015-06-11

Confusion About One's Background Depends in Part on Racial Composition

From What Makes Someone Identify As Multiracial? by Hayley Munguia

Paired horizontal bar chart comparing the percentage of general public vs. multiracial adults who say each characteristic is essential to their personal identity, across six categories.

Charts 2015-06-11

Constructing Personal Identity

From What Makes Someone Identify As Multiracial? by Hayley Munguia

Stacked bar chart showing the percentage of each multiracial group counted as mixed race due to the racial background of self, parent, or grandparent.

Charts 2015-06-11

Multiracial Background More Distant for Some Groups than Others

From What Makes Someone Identify As Multiracial? by Hayley Munguia

Dot plot showing the percentage of Americans who identify as each race and another race by age group, with younger Americans showing higher multiracial identification.

Charts 2015-06-11

Younger Americans Are More Multiracial

From What Makes Someone Identify As Multiracial? by Hayley Munguia

Table comparing FantasySCOTUS crowd predictions vs Marshall+ algorithmic predictions for Supreme Court cases, showing accuracy rates.

Tables 2015-06-12

FantasySCOTUS vs {Marshall}+ Algorithmic Predictions Accuracy

From Uh, ‘Robots’ Aren’t Better Than Humans At Predicting Supreme Court Decisions by Oliver Roeder

Four line charts showing percentage improvement in men's Olympic winning times from 1900 to 2000s for 100m, 200m, 400m, and 800m running events.

Charts 2015-06-12

Human Runners Are Still Getting Faster

From Where Have You Gone, Secretariat? by Benjamin Morris

Scatter plot with record progression lines showing Triple Crown winning times in seconds by distance from 1870s to 2010s, highlighting Secretariat's 1973 records.

Charts 2015-06-12

Secretariat: The Last Great Racehorse?

From Where Have You Gone, Secretariat? by Benjamin Morris

Line chart showing U.S. win, draw, and loss probabilities throughout a soccer game against Sweden when tied, with a 'start sweating' marker at 55 minutes.

Charts 2015-06-12

If The U.S. Is Tied With Sweden

From Women’s World Cup Preview: The U.S. And Sweden Have A Score To Settle by Allison McCann

Line chart showing U.S. win, draw, and lose probabilities throughout a soccer game against Sweden when trailing by one goal, with a panic annotation at 73 minutes.

Charts 2015-06-12

If The U.S. Trails Sweden By One Goal

From Women’s World Cup Preview: The U.S. And Sweden Have A Score To Settle by Allison McCann

Color-coded table showing NBA team records by shooting quality (poor, average, good true shooting percentage) for the 2014-15 regular season, titled Average Shooting Is Enough For The Warriors.

Tables 2015-06-12

Average Shooting Is Enough For The Warriors — Team record by true shooting percentage, 2014-15

From Why The Warriors Are So Tough To Beat by Nate Silver

Table showing Finals True Shooting percentages and percentiles for Warriors and Cavaliers across 4 games, compared to all 2014-15 regular-season games.

Tables 2015-06-12

Finals True Shooting Percentiles vs. 2014-15 Regular Season

From Why The Warriors Are So Tough To Beat by Nate Silver

Scatter plot showing how each installment in 40 movie franchises affected the average Rotten Tomatoes score, with Star Wars and Meet the Parents highlighted.

Charts 2015-06-12

Did The Sequel Help The Franchise?

From Don’t Let ‘Jurassic World’ Ruin The Franchise: A Guide To Judging Movie Sequels by Walt Hickey

Table comparing Tomatometer scores and franchise ratings (overall, without film, and gap) for movies that dragged down their franchises.

Tables 2015-06-12

Movies That Hurt Their Franchise: Tomatometer vs. Franchise Rating

From Don’t Let ‘Jurassic World’ Ruin The Franchise: A Guide To Judging Movie Sequels by Walt Hickey

Table ranking 10 films by rating and satisfaction score, with Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan ranked first with a satisfaction score of 22.5.

Tables 2015-06-12

Top 10 Films by Satisfaction Score

From Don’t Let ‘Jurassic World’ Ruin The Franchise: A Guide To Judging Movie Sequels by Walt Hickey

Table comparing Iowa Straw Poll winners, Iowa GOP Caucus winners, and eventual GOP nominees from 1980 to 2012.

Tables 2015-06-12

Iowa Straw Poll Winner vs. Iowa GOP Caucus Winner vs. Eventual GOP Nominee

From The Iowa Straw Poll Is Dead. What Could Kill Off The Iowa Caucus? by Nate Silver

Color-coded US map showing hours at minimum wage needed to afford a one-bedroom rental unit at Fair Market Rent in 2015, by state.

Maps 2015-06-14

2015 Hours at Minimum Wage Needed to Afford Rent

From The Week In Data: Master’s Theses, Maternal Mortality And The Minimum Wage by Mona Chalabi

Horizontal box-and-whisker plot showing distribution of thesis/dissertation page counts across dozens of academic fields, colored by discipline group.

Charts 2015-06-14

Dissertation Page Counts by Academic Field

From The Week In Data: Master’s Theses, Maternal Mortality And The Minimum Wage by Mona Chalabi

Horizontal bar chart showing U.S. maternal mortality ratio by race in 2011: Black 42.8, Other Races 17.3, White 12.5 deaths per 100,000 live births.

Charts 2015-06-14

U.S. Maternal Mortality Ratio by Race in 2011

From The Week In Data: Master’s Theses, Maternal Mortality And The Minimum Wage by Mona Chalabi

3D bar chart showing log10 number of occurrences by timer value at button press and multiplicity of press (how many people pressed at the same time).

Charts 2015-06-14

Button Press Occurrences by Timer Value and Multiplicity

From It Took 65 Days, But Finally Nobody Pushed 'The Button' by Mona Chalabi

Scatter plot showing candidates' primary vote share versus early endorsement points share from 1980 to 2012, with a trend line indicating early endorsements correlate with primary performance.

Charts 2015-06-15

Early Endorsements Bode Well

From Pols And Polls Say The Same Thing: Jeb Bush Is A Weak Front-Runner by Harry Enten

Table showing presidential endorsement leaders by year and party from 1980 to 2012, with endorsement points and percentage of total shown as colored bar charts.

Tables 2015-06-15

Endorsement Leaders by Year, Party, Points, and Percentage of Total

From Pols And Polls Say The Same Thing: Jeb Bush Is A Weak Front-Runner by Harry Enten

Bar chart showing Republican presidential candidates ranked by endorsement points and their percentage of total endorsements, with Jeb Bush leading at 13 points and 28%.

Charts 2015-06-15

Republican Candidate Endorsement Points and Percentage of Total

From Pols And Polls Say The Same Thing: Jeb Bush Is A Weak Front-Runner by Harry Enten

Dark blue editorial graphic reading 210 Days Dark with a skull-and-crossbones illustration, communicating a specific count of days.

Other 2015-06-15

210 Days Dark

From Significant Digits For Monday, June 15, 2015 by Walt Hickey

Table ranking the top 25 MVP-caliber NBA Finals performances by combined points, rebounds, and assists per game through five games, 1985-2015, with LeBron James 2015 at the top.

Tables 2015-06-15

LeBron's Historic Finals Have Been MVP-Caliber

From LeBron James May Go Down As The Greatest Loser Ever by Neil Paine

Scatter plot showing usage rate vs. minutes per team game for NBA Finals players 1985-2015, with LeBron James highlighted as an outlier at the top right.

Charts 2015-06-15

LeBron's Workload Is Historic, Too

From LeBron James May Go Down As The Greatest Loser Ever by Neil Paine

Four line charts showing the share of champions that won back-to-back or multiple titles within a three-season window across NFL, NBA, MLB, and NHL from 1960 to 2010s.

Charts 2015-06-15

Building A Dynasty Is Getting Harder And Harder

From Yeah, The Blackhawks Are A Dynasty by Nate Silver

Line chart showing Baltimore weekly arrests from January 2013 through June 2015, with a dotted vertical line marking the week of Freddie Gray's funeral and a sharp drop afterward.

Charts 2015-06-16

Baltimore Arrests Have Dropped

From Charts: Baltimore Crime, Before And After Freddie Gray's Funeral by Reuben Fischer-Baum

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