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March 2017 graphics

91 matches

Small multiples area chart showing three-year running average of US executions by method from 1800 to 2000, with total and breakdowns for hanging, electric chair, gas chamber, lethal injection, and gunshot.

Charts 2017-03-02

Firing squads have never been popular

From Is The Firing Squad More Humane Than Lethal Injection? by Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux

Line chart showing presidential approval and disapproval ratings over time, with 49.9% disapprove and 43.7% approve, including forecast confidence intervals.

Charts 2017-03-02

Presidential Approval Rating: 49.9% Disapprove, 43.7% Approve

From How We’re Tracking Donald Trump’s Approval Ratings by Nate Silver

Scatter plot showing core CPI actual inflation level versus expected inflation level, with a trend line indicating expectations predict inflation.

Charts 2017-03-03

Expectations appear to predict inflation

From The Fed’s Favorite Inflation Predictors Aren’t Very Predictive by Stephen G. Cecchetti, Michael E. Feroli, Peter Hooper, Anil Kashyap, Kermit L. Schoenholtz

Scatter plot showing change in core consumer price index vs. change in inflation expectations, with a downward-sloping trend line indicating no positive predictive relationship.

Charts 2017-03-03

Expectations don't predict changes in inflation

From The Fed’s Favorite Inflation Predictors Aren’t Very Predictive by Stephen G. Cecchetti, Michael E. Feroli, Peter Hooper, Anil Kashyap, Kermit L. Schoenholtz

Line chart showing core consumer price index and its long-run trend from 1990 to 2015, with the trend line in orange and CPI in dark gray.

Charts 2017-03-03

To understand inflation, look at the trend

From The Fed’s Favorite Inflation Predictors Aren’t Very Predictive by Stephen G. Cecchetti, Michael E. Feroli, Peter Hooper, Anil Kashyap, Kermit L. Schoenholtz

Line chart showing approval and disapproval of Trump's travel ban as a three-day rolling average from Feb. 12 to Feb. 26, 2017, with approve consistently above 50% and disapprove below.

Charts 2017-03-03

No big shifts in support for Trump's travel ban

From How Question Wording Affects (Or Doesn’t Affect) Support For Trump’s Travel Ban by Harry Enten

Area chart showing the ideological range of Democrats and Republicans in the U.S. House from 1971 to 2015 using DW-Nominate scores, with blue for Democrats and red for Republicans.

Charts 2017-03-07

Republicans are still ideologically diverse

From Why It’s So Hard For The GOP To Agree On Health Care by Nate Silver

Line chart showing Kawhi Leonard's offensive plays per game for spot-up, pick and roll, post-up, and isolation play types from 2011-12 to 2016-17 seasons.

Charts 2017-03-07

Kawhi Leonard doesn't play like he used to

From Kawhi Leonard’s Rise To Superstardom by Kyle Wagner

Stacked bar chart showing the share of U.S. voters living in counties where either major-party candidate won by various landslide margins from 1992 to 2016.

Charts 2017-03-08

Landslides, landslides everywhere

From Purple America Has All But Disappeared by David Wasserman

Choropleth map of the United States showing county-level data with red and blue shading, likely representing Republican vs Democratic voting margins or shifts.

Maps 2017-03-08

US County-Level Political Map (Red vs Blue)

From Purple America Has All But Disappeared by David Wasserman

Area chart showing women's median annual earnings as a share of men's among full-time year-round workers from 1960 to the mid-2010s, rising from about 60% to about 80%.

Charts 2017-03-08

Gains in pay equity have slowed

From How Much Progress Have We Made Since Women Went On Strike In 1970? by Kathryn Casteel, Kara Chin

Area chart showing relative Google search interest for 'travel ban' in the U.S. from late January to early March 2017, with annotations marking Trump signing the first and revised travel bans.

Charts 2017-03-10

A quieter rollout for the revised travel ban

From TrumpBeat: How To Judge Trump by Ben Casselman, Anna Maria Barry-Jester, Harry Enten

Area chart showing the share of page space on Memeorandum occupied by the top five news organizations each month from 2008 to 2017, with an upward trend reaching about 42% by 2017.

Charts 2017-03-10

Top news outlets' influence is increasing

From There Really Was A Liberal Media Bubble by Nate Silver

Line chart showing year-over-year change in hourly earnings for non-managers and all workers from 2008 to 2016, seasonally adjusted and not adjusted for inflation.

Charts 2017-03-10

Hourly earnings, change from prior year

From Don’t Let Trump — Or Any President — Take Credit For Strong Jobs Numbers by Ben Casselman

Two line charts showing U.S. labor force participation rate for ages 16-plus, seasonally adjusted: one since 1970 and a zoomed-in view since 2010.

Charts 2017-03-10

Labor force participation rate

From Don’t Let Trump — Or Any President — Take Credit For Strong Jobs Numbers by Ben Casselman

Line chart showing seasonally adjusted year-over-year change in non-agricultural jobs (total and private-sector) from 2011 to 2017, peaking around 2015-2016.

Charts 2017-03-10

Non-agricultural jobs, change from prior year

From Don’t Let Trump — Or Any President — Take Credit For Strong Jobs Numbers by Ben Casselman

Grouped bar chart comparing share of annual income spent on insurance premiums in 2026 under current law vs GOP plan, by age and income level.

Charts 2017-03-14

Older, poorer people will have to pay more

From The GOP Health Plan Would Drop Coverage To Pre-Obamacare Levels, The CBO Says by Anna Maria Barry-Jester, Ben Casselman

Line chart showing the percentage of Americans under 65 without insurance from 2000 to 2025, comparing projections under the ACA versus the House GOP's proposed AHCA bill.

Charts 2017-03-14

The uninsured rate would rise under the AHCA

From The GOP Health Plan Would Drop Coverage To Pre-Obamacare Levels, The CBO Says by Anna Maria Barry-Jester, Ben Casselman

Scatter plot comparing points scored per possession on offense vs. points allowed per possession on defense for 2016-17 women's NCAA basketball teams, highlighting UConn, Baylor, South Carolina, Notre Dame, and UMD.

Charts 2017-03-14

Huskies have some company for once

From UConn Is Facing Its Toughest Tournament In Years by Benjamin Morris

Bar and line chart showing the chance each NCAA tournament game is correctly predicted and the cumulative chance of a perfect bracket across 64 games.

Charts 2017-03-14

It's tough being perfect

From The Odds You’ll Fill Out A Perfect Bracket by Neil Paine, Jay Boice

Line chart showing share of NFL head coaching positions held by people of color vs. NFL coordinators and NCAA coaches from 1992 to 2014, with a marker where the Rooney Rule begins.

Charts 2017-03-15

The Rooney Rule improved diversity in coaching

From What The NFL Can Teach Congress About Hiring More Diverse Staffs by Cynthia (CC) DuBois

Dot plot showing Trump's proposed percent change in discretionary funding for federal agencies in fiscal year 2018 versus the previous year, ranging from -31.4% for EPA to +10% for Defense.

Charts 2017-03-16

Trump would cut from EPA, boost defense

From What Trump’s Budget Says About His Priorities by Ben Casselman

NCAA Women's Championship 1st Round final score graphic showing Baylor defeating Texas Southern 119-30 in the Oklahoma City Region.

Other 2017-03-19

NCAA Women's Championship: Baylor vs. Texas Southern Final Score

From UConn Won By 61 But Their Chances Of A Five-Peat Dropped by Benjamin Morris

Dot plot showing the ideological positions of Supreme Court justices on a liberal-to-conservative scale, with Neil Gorsuch highlighted near Antonin Scalia's position.

Charts 2017-03-20

The Supreme Court with Gorsuch

From What To Expect From The Neil Gorsuch Confirmation Hearings by Harry Enten

Line chart showing average annual health insurance deductibles rising from 2006 to 2016 for small firms and large firms, with a marker at 2010 when the ACA was signed.

Charts 2017-03-20

Deductibles were rising before the ACA

From How The GOP Bill Could Change Health Care, In 8 Charts by Anna Maria Barry-Jester, Charlie Smart

Stacked bar chart showing share of Americans by type of insurance coverage in 2015 under the ACA, with segments for Non-group, Medicaid, Employer-sponsored, Medicare, Other government programs, and Uninsured.

Charts 2017-03-20

How Americans get insurance under the ACA

From How The GOP Bill Could Change Health Care, In 8 Charts by Anna Maria Barry-Jester, Charlie Smart

Dot plot showing share of state population enrolled in non-expansion Medicaid (red) versus all Medicaid with expansion (blue) for all 50 states plus D.C. in early 2016.

Charts 2017-03-20

Medicaid expansion led to more coverage

From How The GOP Bill Could Change Health Care, In 8 Charts by Anna Maria Barry-Jester, Charlie Smart

Grouped bar chart showing average projected share of annual income spent on insurance premiums in 2026 after subsidies under GOP legislation, by age (21, 40, 64) and income level ($26,500 vs $68,200 per year).

Charts 2017-03-20

Older, poorer people will have to pay more

From How The GOP Bill Could Change Health Care, In 8 Charts by Anna Maria Barry-Jester, Charlie Smart

Dotted line chart comparing projected federal deficit under the ACA versus the American Health Care Act by fiscal year from 2017 to 2026, showing AHCA slightly reduces the deficit.

Charts 2017-03-20

The GOP plan would put a dent in the deficit

From How The GOP Bill Could Change Health Care, In 8 Charts by Anna Maria Barry-Jester, Charlie Smart

Line chart showing the share of Americans under 65 without insurance from 2000 to 2026, comparing projections under the ACA versus the GOP AHCA plan.

Charts 2017-03-20

The uninsured rate would go up under the AHCA

From How The GOP Bill Could Change Health Care, In 8 Charts by Anna Maria Barry-Jester, Charlie Smart

Stacked bar charts showing the share of 12.2 million people enrolled in ACA marketplaces in 2017, broken down by age group and rural vs. non-rural location.

Charts 2017-03-20

Who's getting insurance in ACA marketplaces

From How The GOP Bill Could Change Health Care, In 8 Charts by Anna Maria Barry-Jester, Charlie Smart

Line chart showing Obama's approval and disapproval ratings from January 2009 through late 2010, with a shaded region marking the ACA debate period between July 14 2009 and March 23 2010.

Charts 2017-03-21

Obama approval declined as the ACA was debated

From Trump Is Tempting Fate On Health Care by Nate Silver

Line chart showing presidential approval and disapproval ratings from January 23 to Day 60 (around March 21), with disapproval at 51.6% and approval at 42.6%.

Charts 2017-03-21

Presidential Approval Ratings: 51.6% Disapprove, 42.6% Approve

From Trump Is Tempting Fate On Health Care by Nate Silver

Two line charts showing how Trump's inauguration and address to Congress affected confidence in him among watchers vs non-watchers, measured before, within 24 hours after, and a week later.

Charts 2017-03-21

How Trump's big speeches affected people's confidence in him

From The Rituals Of The Presidency Make Trump Seem More Presidential by William Howell, Ethan Porter, Thomas J. Wood

Two line charts showing average difference in perceived respect for Trump among watchers vs non-watchers of the inauguration and address to Congress, over three time points.

Charts 2017-03-21

How respondents rated respect for Trump

From The Rituals Of The Presidency Make Trump Seem More Presidential by William Howell, Ethan Porter, Thomas J. Wood

Portrait of astronomer Schiaparelli alongside his 1882 and 1888 maps of Mars showing the doubling of dark lines on the planet's surface.

Maps 2017-03-21

Schiaparelli's Maps of Mars — Die Verdoppelungen der dunkeln Linien

From A Mistranslated Word Led To Some Of The Best Fake News Of The 20th Century by Walt Hickey

Line chart showing the five-year rolling average of New York Times articles per year containing the word Mars from 1860 through 2016, peaking around 1977 and again in the 2010s.

Charts 2017-03-21

We're in another Mars news craze

From A Mistranslated Word Led To Some Of The Best Fake News Of The 20th Century by Walt Hickey

Line chart showing public opinion on the Affordable Care Act from 2010 to 2017, with oppose consistently higher than favor until they converge in early 2017.

Charts 2017-03-22

Obamacare gained popularity after Trump won

From This Health Care Bill May Haunt The GOP by Harry Enten

Dot plot showing percent change in population by type of place comparing 2015-16 change versus average change from 2010-15, with lower-density suburbs showing the highest 2015-16 growth.

Charts 2017-03-23

Low-density suburbs are growing

From Americans’ Shift To The Suburbs Sped Up Last Year by Jed Kolko

Ternary plot showing Reddit subreddits positioned by their relative overlap with r/The_Donald, r/SandersForPresident, and r/hillaryclinton communities.

Charts 2017-03-23

Reddit Subreddit Overlap Ternary Chart: The_Donald, Sanders, Hillary

From Dissecting Trump’s Most Rabid Online Following by Trevor Martin

Ternary plot showing Reddit subreddits positioned by relative overlap with r/The_Donald, r/SandersForPresident, and r/hillaryclinton communities.

Charts 2017-03-23

Reddit Subreddit Overlap Ternary Plot

From Dissecting Trump’s Most Rabid Online Following by Trevor Martin

Ternary plot showing Reddit subreddits positioned by their overlap with r/The_Donald, r/SandersForPresident, and r/hillaryclinton communities.

Charts 2017-03-23

Reddit Subreddit Overlap Ternary Plot

From Dissecting Trump’s Most Rabid Online Following by Trevor Martin

Ternary plot showing Reddit subreddits positioned by relative overlap with r/The_Donald, r/SandersForPresident, and r/hillaryclinton communities.

Charts 2017-03-23

Reddit Subreddit Overlap Ternary Plot

From Dissecting Trump’s Most Rabid Online Following by Trevor Martin

Ternary plot showing Reddit subreddits positioned by their overlap with r/The_Donald, r/SandersForPresident, and r/hillaryclinton communities.

Charts 2017-03-23

Reddit Subreddit Overlap Ternary Plot

From Dissecting Trump’s Most Rabid Online Following by Trevor Martin

Ternary plot showing Reddit subreddits plotted by user overlap with r/The_Donald, r/SandersForPresident, and r/hillaryclinton at the three vertices.

Charts 2017-03-23

Reddit Subreddit Overlap Ternary Plot

From Dissecting Trump’s Most Rabid Online Following by Trevor Martin

Ternary plot showing Reddit subreddits positioned by relative overlap with r/The_Donald, r/SandersForPresident, and r/hillaryclinton communities.

Charts 2017-03-23

Reddit Subreddit Overlap Ternary Plot: The_Donald vs Sanders vs Hillary

From Dissecting Trump’s Most Rabid Online Following by Trevor Martin

Ternary plot showing Reddit subreddits positioned by relative overlap with r/The_Donald, r/SandersForPresident, and r/hillaryclinton communities.

Charts 2017-03-23

Reddit Subreddit Overlap Ternary Plot: The_Donald vs Sanders vs Hillary

From Dissecting Trump’s Most Rabid Online Following by Trevor Martin

Ternary plot showing Reddit subreddits positioned by user overlap with r/The_Donald, r/SandersForPresident, and r/hillaryclinton at the three vertices.

Charts 2017-03-23

Reddit Subreddit Overlap Ternary Plot: The_Donald, Sanders, Hillary

From Dissecting Trump’s Most Rabid Online Following by Trevor Martin

Ternary plot showing Reddit subreddits positioned by their relative overlap with r/The_Donald, r/SandersForPresident, and r/hillaryclinton communities.

Charts 2017-03-23

Reddit Subreddit Overlap Ternary Plot: The_Donald, SandersForPresident, hillaryclinton

From Dissecting Trump’s Most Rabid Online Following by Trevor Martin

Ternary plot showing Reddit subreddits positioned by their relative affinity toward r/The_Donald, r/SandersForPresident, and r/hillaryclinton.

Charts 2017-03-23

Reddit Subreddit Ternary Plot: The_Donald vs Sanders vs Clinton

From Dissecting Trump’s Most Rabid Online Following by Trevor Martin

Ternary plot showing Reddit subreddits positioned by their user overlap with r/The_Donald, r/SandersForPresident, and r/hillaryclinton.

Charts 2017-03-23

Reddit Subreddit Ternary Plot: The_Donald vs Sanders vs Clinton

From Dissecting Trump’s Most Rabid Online Following by Trevor Martin

Ternary plot showing positions of several Reddit subreddits plotted relative to three vertices: r/The_Donald, r/SandersForPresident, and r/hillaryclinton.

Charts 2017-03-23

Reddit Subreddit Ternary Plot: The_Donald vs. Sanders vs. Clinton

From Dissecting Trump’s Most Rabid Online Following by Trevor Martin

Ternary plot showing positions of Reddit subreddits r/kiketown, r/fatpeoplehate, and r/TheRedPill clustered near the r/The_Donald vertex, away from r/SandersForPresident and r/hillaryclinton corners.

Charts 2017-03-23

Reddit Subreddit Ternary Plot: The_Donald vs. SandersForPresident vs. hillaryclinton

From Dissecting Trump’s Most Rabid Online Following by Trevor Martin

Ternary plot showing Reddit subreddits positioned by their relative affinity toward r/The_Donald, r/SandersForPresident, and r/hillaryclinton.

Charts 2017-03-23

Reddit Subreddit Ternary Plot: Trump vs. Sanders vs. Clinton Affinity

From Dissecting Trump’s Most Rabid Online Following by Trevor Martin

Ternary diagram plotting Reddit subreddits by their relative affinity to r/The_Donald, r/SandersForPresident, and r/hillaryclinton.

Charts 2017-03-23

Reddit Subreddit Ternary Plot: Trump, Sanders, Clinton Affinity

From Dissecting Trump’s Most Rabid Online Following by Trevor Martin

Ternary plot showing Reddit subreddits positioned by their relative affinity toward r/The_Donald, r/SandersForPresident, and r/hillaryclinton.

Charts 2017-03-23

Reddit Subreddits Plotted on a Ternary Chart by Political Affinity

From Dissecting Trump’s Most Rabid Online Following by Trevor Martin

Ternary plot positioning Reddit subreddits r/kiketown and r/fatpeoplehate relative to r/The_Donald, r/SandersForPresident, and r/hillaryclinton corners.

Charts 2017-03-23

Ternary Chart: Reddit Subreddit Similarity to r/The_Donald, r/SandersForPresident, r/hillaryclinton

From Dissecting Trump’s Most Rabid Online Following by Trevor Martin

Ternary plot showing positions of banned Reddit subreddits relative to r/The_Donald, r/SandersForPresident, and r/hillaryclinton based on user overlap.

Charts 2017-03-23

Ternary plot of banned subreddits vs. political Reddit communities

From Dissecting Trump’s Most Rabid Online Following by Trevor Martin

Ternary plot showing the subreddit r/kiketown plotted near the r/The_Donald corner, with axes for r/SandersForPresident, r/hillaryclinton, and r/The_Donald.

Charts 2017-03-23

Ternary plot of r/kiketown among political subreddits

From Dissecting Trump’s Most Rabid Online Following by Trevor Martin

Ternary plot showing Reddit subreddits r/kiketown and r/fatpeoplehate plotted near the r/The_Donald corner, far from r/SandersForPresident and r/hillaryclinton.

Charts 2017-03-23

Ternary plot of subreddit similarity to r/The_Donald, r/SandersForPresident, r/hillaryclinton

From Dissecting Trump’s Most Rabid Online Following by Trevor Martin

Ternary plot showing r/kiketown positioned near the r/The_Donald vertex, comparing its user overlap with three political subreddits.

Charts 2017-03-23

Ternary plot: r/kiketown overlap with r/The_Donald, r/SandersForPresident, r/hillaryclinton

From Dissecting Trump’s Most Rabid Online Following by Trevor Martin

Bar chart showing the number of Justice Department police reform agreements (memorandums of agreement and legally binding consent decrees) from 1994 to 2017, illustrating expansion under Obama.

Charts 2017-03-23

Oversight of police expanded under Obama

From Will Trump Reverse Obama’s Push For Greater Police Oversight? by Rob Arthur

Line chart showing party polarization on four issues (abortion, government ensuring jobs, government help for blacks, government-provided health insurance) from 1972 to 2012.

Charts 2017-03-23

Party Polarization on Four Issues, 1972-2012

From The Obamacare Fight Is About Way More Than Health Care by Perry Bacon Jr

Dot plot comparing Republican and Democrat views on government's role across 13 policy areas, showing Rep-Dem differences ranging from -49 to +5.

Charts 2017-03-23

Republicans less likely than Democrats to see major role for govt on health care, poverty assistance

From The Obamacare Fight Is About Way More Than Health Care by Perry Bacon Jr

Scatter plot showing potential Republican votes on the House GOP health care bill by first and second dimension DW-Nominate scores, with likely no voters in teal and likely yes voters in gray.

Charts 2017-03-26

Anti-AHCA Republicans weren't just conservative

From The Two Cracks In The Republican Party by Harry Enten, Julia Azari

Scatter plot showing January 2015 House speaker vote by first and second dimension DW-Nominate ideology scores, with votes against Boehner highlighted in red.

Charts 2017-03-26

Boehner's problem was not just ideology

From The Two Cracks In The Republican Party by Harry Enten, Julia Azari

Scatter plot showing House Republicans by first and second dimension DW-Nominate ideology scores, with Freedom Caucus members highlighted in red in the high-conservative, less-establishment quadrant.

Charts 2017-03-26

The Freedom Caucus isn't simply conservative

From The Two Cracks In The Republican Party by Harry Enten, Julia Azari

Line chart showing each team's chance of winning the NCAA women's basketball tournament by day of play, with Baylor rising to nearly match Connecticut by day 6.

Charts 2017-03-26

The rise of Baylor

From Is UConn Still A Big Favorite? by Benjamin Morris

Dot plot showing ideology scores of Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals judges since 2006, with Gorsuch highlighted as moderate among Republican-nominated judges.

Charts 2017-03-27

Gorsuch has been moderate in some areas

From For A Trump Nominee, Neil Gorsuch’s Record Is Surprisingly Moderate On Immigration by Kevin Cope, Joshua Fischman

Line chart showing the frequency of the words Alien(s) and Martian in the Google Books English-language corpus from 1820 to 2008.

Charts 2017-03-27

How often are we writing about Martians?

From This Is Why We Love Stories About Mars by Walt Hickey

Line chart showing win percentages for relocating NFL teams before, during, and after their moves, covering teams from 1982 to 2016.

Charts 2017-03-28

What happens to moving NFL teams?

From The Raiders Are Lame Ducks, Again by Benjamin Morris

Final score graphic showing Connecticut Huskies defeating Mississippi State Bulldogs 98-38 in a basketball game, with quarter-by-quarter scoring breakdown.

Other 2017-03-28

Final Score: Connecticut Huskies 98, Mississippi State Bulldogs 38

From UConn Just Got A Shortcut On Their Road To Perfection by Benjamin Morris

Line chart showing UConn women's basketball points scored and points allowed per 100 possessions from the 2012-13 through 2016-17 seasons.

Charts 2017-03-28

UConn's 'decline': Points scored and allowed per 100 possessions

From UConn Just Got A Shortcut On Their Road To Perfection by Benjamin Morris

Line chart showing percent change since 1990 in U.S. coal production and coal-mining jobs through 2015, with jobs falling nearly 55% and production declining about 13%.

Charts 2017-03-28

How the U.S. coal industry has changed

From Trump’s Plan Won’t Reverse Coal’s Decline by Ben Casselman

Line chart showing U.S. power generation in billions of megawatt-hours for coal and natural gas from 2000 to 2016, with natural gas rising and coal declining until they converge around 2015.

Charts 2017-03-28

Natural gas is winning the war on coal

From Trump’s Plan Won’t Reverse Coal’s Decline by Ben Casselman

Line chart showing net coal power generation in billions of megawatt-hours from 2000 to 2050, comparing projections with and without the Clean Power Plan.

Charts 2017-03-28

The Clean Power Plan would hurt coal

From Trump’s Plan Won’t Reverse Coal’s Decline by Ben Casselman

Small multiples line charts comparing Trump's presidential approval rating against 11 recent presidents over their first 300+ days in office.

Charts 2017-03-29

Trump's approval compared with recent presidents

From Trump Is Beating Previous Presidents At Being Unpopular by Aaron Bycoffe

Bubble scatter chart showing Total Quarterback Rating vs. length of free agency among NFL quarterbacks 2012-17, with Colin Kaepernick highlighted as unsigned as of 3/29.

Charts 2017-03-29

Kaepernick-caliber QBs are usually signed by now

From Yes, It’s Strange That Colin Kaepernick Doesn’t Have A Deal Yet by Kyle Wagner, Neil Paine

Line chart showing the three-year rolling average of Rotten Tomatoes scores for Scarlett Johansson movies from 1996 to 2016, trending upward overall.

Charts 2017-03-30

Scarlett Johansson is on a tear

From The Four Types Of Scarlett Johansson Movies by Walt Hickey

Scatter plot showing Scarlett Johansson movies grouped into four clusters by Rotten Tomatoes score vs. domestic box office in 2016 dollars.

Charts 2017-03-30

The four types of Scarlett Johansson movies

From The Four Types Of Scarlett Johansson Movies by Walt Hickey

Line chart showing the rolling two-season standard deviation of MLB team wins from 2000 to 2015, indicating changes in parity over time.

Charts 2017-03-30

Rolling two-season standard deviation of team wins

From Is The Home Run Back? Will The Shift Ever Die? And 8 More Burning Baseball Questions by Rob Arthur, Neil Paine

Area chart showing the rising share of balls in play featuring traditional and non-traditional defensive shifts in MLB from 2010 to 2016.

Charts 2017-03-30

Shifts are on the rise in Major League Baseball

From Is The Home Run Back? Will The Shift Ever Die? And 8 More Burning Baseball Questions by Rob Arthur, Neil Paine

Line chart showing average age of MLB hitters from 1988 to 2016, with two lines: overall average age and average age weighted by wins above replacement, both trending downward in recent years.

Charts 2017-03-30

Talent in the MLB is skewing young

From Is The Home Run Back? Will The Shift Ever Die? And 8 More Burning Baseball Questions by Rob Arthur, Neil Paine

Two line charts showing the share of total MLB innings pitched by relievers and share of pitcher WAR created by relievers from 1995 to 2015, both trending upward.

Charts 2017-03-30

The bullpen is increasingly busy, and effective

From Is The Home Run Back? Will The Shift Ever Die? And 8 More Burning Baseball Questions by Rob Arthur, Neil Paine

Area chart showing Tommy John surgeries through March 18 of each year from 2011 to 2017, peaking at 13 in 2015.

Charts 2017-03-30

Tommy John surgeries through March 18 of each year

From Is The Home Run Back? Will The Shift Ever Die? And 8 More Burning Baseball Questions by Rob Arthur, Neil Paine

Four scatter plots comparing senator agreement with the president on contested votes versus the president's vote margin in their state, for Trump, Obama, G.W. Bush, and Clinton.

Charts 2017-03-30

GOP senators are unusually unified (so far)

From Republican Senators Are Unusually Unified Right Now by Aaron Bycoffe

Scatter plot showing how often U.S. senators' votes agree with Trump compared to Trump's percentage-point margin in their state, with Republicans clustered near 100% and Democrats ranging lower.

Charts 2017-03-30

How often senators' votes agree with Trump

From Republican Senators Are Unusually Unified Right Now by Aaron Bycoffe

Scatter plot with red trend line showing percent of babies on couch versus number of tries, with values declining from ~0.75 to ~0.50 as tries increase.

Charts 2017-03-31

Percent of Babies on Couch vs. Number of "Tries"

From What Are The Chances We’ll Meet For Lunch? by Oliver Roeder

MLB game prediction for Yankees at Rays on April 2, showing win probabilities and adjusted team ratings for Tanaka vs. Archer.

Charts 2017-03-31

Sunday, April 2 — Yankees at Rays Win Probability

From How Our 2017 MLB Predictions Work by Jay Boice

Bar chart showing NBA player benchings attributed to rest by season from 2005-06 through 2016-17, with a sharp increase in recent seasons.

Charts 2017-03-31

NBA coaches are increasingly resting players

From NBA Teams Are Resting Players Earlier And Earlier by Todd Whitehead

Grouped bar chart showing NBA benchings attributed to rest before and during April by season from 2005-06 to 2016-17, illustrating a sharp rise in early-season rest benchings.

Charts 2017-03-31

Players are resting earlier in the season

From NBA Teams Are Resting Players Earlier And Earlier by Todd Whitehead