Friday, May 18, 2012

Common Birthdays

This data from the New York Times caught my attention the other day regarding "a ranking based on how many babies were born in the United States on that date between 1973 and 1999. Jan. 1".

The only problem is that it is not easily summarizeable. Hence this is a great example where data visualization techniques can help transform a complex data set into a simple story. I don't use Windows often, but here is where Microsoft Excel does a fantastic job creating a fast and easy heat map via conditional formatting:




The simple story: parents in the US from 1973 to 1999 made babies in the winter.

No comments:

Post a Comment