Software metrics: A Tufte-inspired graph for software development projects
I couldn't sleep last night so I started reading Edward Tufte's "The Visual Display of Quantitative Information", and I started thinking about software project metrics that might be useful to the team...
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Percentage of women who prefer Sam or Dean on Supernatural
Percentage of women who prefer Sam or Dean on Supernatural. I was surprised, I thought it would be more 50/50.
View ArticleHow to create an X/Y graph with JFreeChart and Scala Swing
Here’s an example of how to create an X/Y graph in Scala using JFreeChart and Scala Swing:read more
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JavaPlot
From their website: “JavaPlot is a pure Java programming interface library for GNUPlot. JavaPlot is a pure Java programming interface library for GNUPlot. It can be used as a way to create gnuplot...
View ArticleHow to use JavaPlot from the Scala REPL
If you want to use the JavaPlot library from the Scala REPL, it’s pretty easy to get started with. Just download and unpack the JavaPlot distribution and then find the JavaPlot.jar file in the dist...
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nload - A Linux real-time network traffic monitor
From cyberciti.biz: “If you want to monitor network throughput on the command line interface, use nload. It is a console application which monitors network traffic and bandwidth usage in real time. It...
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Sencha chart and graph examples
I still have a hard time finding what I want on the Sencha website, so I’m trying to add links here to make their documentation and examples easier for me to find. Here are two examples of the charts...
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Reasons most charts and graphs are ugly
From this series of examples showing examples of how to make charts and graphs look better.
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Is the "War on Drugs" working?
This article shares the graph shown that says the “War on Drugs” isn’t working. That appears to be true, but unfortunately you can’t really know that it’s true because there is no control group. What I...
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NOAA's new hi-res weather map
This map shows the ground temperatures in the United States on September 30, 2104. The temperatures range from 113 degrees F (yellow) to “freezing,” which is shown in white.
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Internet Explorer market share / murder rate correlation (humor)
In the amazing world of statistics, Internet Explorer market share correlates extremely well to murder rate. Image from this Twitter link.
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Predictor of career success
Per this article, the #1 predictor of career success is not necessarily who you know, but how many people you know. (Though I’m sure it doesn’t hurt to be born with a silver spoon in mouth.)read more
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Always visualize data
I’m sure there must be other ways to mathematically see these differences, but I agree with the general concept that it can be easy to be misled by data. (Image from this Twitter page.)read more
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