Metro fare comparsions – Graphics that don’t work

The Washington Post did a piece on Sunday discussing a potential fare increase for the Washington DC area Metro system. As part of that article they included a graphic comparing the costs of various subway systems across the country. The graphic fails on several key points. The presentation of the graphic is complicated because the […]

Posted by Larry on December 10th, 2013 | 1 Comment Posted in Graphics Visualization, Methodolgy Issues, Telling the Full Story, The Media

Cash for clunkers – what did you expect?

Back during the height of the recent recession we had the cash for clunkers where our government spent close to $3 billion dollars financing the trade in of so called “clunkers” for new cars in the hopes of providing a boost to the nation’s economy. The twofold strategy of the program was to give a […]

Posted by Larry on November 14th, 2013 | Comments Off on Cash for clunkers – what did you expect? Posted in Methodolgy Issues, The Media

Income inequaltiy – Change the list

Last summer CCN asked readers to vote for topics from a long list of social issues. The five topics with the highest vote counts were selected for future stories. This became their “Change the List” series. This week they posted the piece on income inequality titled “The most unequal place in America.” While the issue […]

Posted by Larry on October 30th, 2013 | Comments Off on Income inequaltiy – Change the list Posted in Data Quality, Graphics Visualization, How to Lie with Statisics, Methodolgy Issues, The Media
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