(Effect) size matters
Nathan Yau is not Edward Tufte. Yau is a doctoral student in statistics. Tufte is a Yale professor emeritus. Yau’s list of his 5 best data visualization projects of 2008 has a common missing element (from four of the listed projects) that E.T. would pull tufts of hair out over: the images have no quantification. […]
The mixed value of GEDs
This morning in the St Pete Times, Ron Matus has a short article discussing the mixed reception GED recipients know they’ll have in the world. Some earning GEDs have already faced life’s curveballs interviews several adults who have received or are studying for their GED. According to one, Samantha Fenwick knows all about the stigma. […]