Before talking about best practices for visually presenting scientific data, it is important to summarize and define what tools are available. For most fields, graphs are the most common form of ...

Can the users of financial statements and annual reports rely upon the charts in them for accuracy? A sample of 50 public ...

Network security has operated in the realm of configuration files, pull-down menus, and traffic traces, making it arcane and tricky to tackle. In many instances, graphical presentation of information ...

The content of courses and the methods by which students learn are crucial in teaching the life sciences (NRC 1999, NRC 2003). Skills in data analysis and graph interpretation are particularly ...

Biometrika is primarily a journal of statistics in which emphasis is placed on papers containing original theoretical contributions of direct or potential value in applications. From time to time, ...

At WWDC 2011, Apple announced that there are now more than 400K apps in its app store (and that more than 500K have been approved). The Android Marketplace has around 300K apps and is growing fast.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about tax and budget policy and sometimes data. CBO released their annual budget outlook and, as has been noted by others, ...