A bar chart would be better
There's a strand of the data viz world that argues that everything could be a bar chart. That's possibly true but also possibly a world without joy. —Amanda Cox, 2013 There's a great interview with...
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Price of Damien Hirst spot paintings
Damien Hirst is an artist known for a number of works, one of those being his large production of spot paintings. There are over a thousand of them painted by him and his assistants, varying in size,...
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Views of white Americans
In light of the Donald Sterling brouhaha, Amanda Cox for The Upshot put up some charts for why you shouldn't be surprised that people still say racist things, based on data from the General Social...
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Birth year and political leanings
A statistical model, from Yair Ghitza of Catalist and Andrew Gelman of Columbia University, estimates when people form their political preferences. The analysis uses presidential approval ratings from...
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Increasing rates of men who don’t work
Recent data from the Census Bureau suggests the rate of non-working men has increased. As more women go to work and more men stay at home to take care of the kids, you'd expect for the number of...
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3-D chart for economy’s future
People like to poke fun at 3-D charts, mostly because they don't work or a third dimension just isn't needed. However, this chart by Gregor Aisch and Amanda Cox for the Upshot is a fine exception to...
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Married couple tax bonuses and penalties
Using calculations by Nick Kasprak from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and Kyle Pomerleau from Tax Foundation, Amanda Cox shows tax penalties and bonuses for married couples. The x-axis is...
View ArticleWorking with R at the New York Times
Amanda Cox from the New York Times was on the Data Stories podcast. You should listen. She talks about how she uses R, workflow at the New York Times, and some of her favorite projects. I listened...
View ArticleAmanda Cox is new editor of The Upshot
The Upshot, the data analysis-centric site from the New York Times, has a new editor, and her name is Amanda Cox. I have asked Amanda to take on this job because she is the best person to lift The...
View ArticleAmanda Cox promoted to New York Times data editor
Amanda Cox is the new data editor for The New York Times: As data editor, Amanda will continue to provide direction for The Upshot, and she’ll add the expertise from Computer-Assisted Reporting...
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