More on FitBit data
First the good news: And now the bad: It costs you $50/ year for your data to truly belong to you. For a ‘premium’ membership, you can visit your data as often as you choose. If only Andy had...
View ArticleFinding Data
RevoJoe on Inside-R posted a nice list of data sources. Thanks to Tim Hesterberg for pointing this out on the Iso-stat listserv.
View ArticleTV Show hosts
A little bit ago [July 19, 2012 --- so I'm a little behind], the L.A. Times ran an article about whether TV hosts are pulling their own weight, salary wise. (What is the real value of TV stars and...
View ArticleRed Bull Stratos Mission Data
Yesterday (October 14, 2012), Felix Baumgartner made history by becoming the first person to break the speed of sound during a free fall. He also set some other records (e.g., longest free fall, etc.)...
View ArticleContributions to the 2012 Presidential Election Campaigns
With fewer than two weeks left till the US presidential elections, motivating class discussion with data related to the candidates, elections, or politics in general is quite easy. So for yesterday’s...
View ArticleGun deaths and data
This article at Slate is interesting for a number of reasons. First, if offers a link to a data set listing names and data of the 325 people known to have been killed by guns since December 14, 2012....
View ArticleNCAA Basketball Visualization
It is time for the NCAA Basketball Tournament. Sixty-four teams dream big (er…I mean 68…well actually by now, 64) and schools like Iona and Florida Gulf Coast University (go Eagles!) are hoping that...
View ArticleFacebook Analytics
WolframAlpha has a tool that will analyze your Facebook network. I saw this awhile ago, but HollyLynne reminded me of this recently, and I tried it out. You need to give the app(?) permission to access...
View ArticleRanked Choice Voting
The city of Minneapolis recently elected a new mayor. This is not newsworthy in and of itself, however the method they used was—ranked choice voting. Ranked choice voting is a method of voting allowing...
View ArticleData News: Fitbit + iHealth, and Open Justice data
The LA Times reported today, along with several other sources, that the California Department of Justice has initiated a new “open justice” data initiative. On their portal, the “Justice Dashboard“,...
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