Stephen Hester's bonus

What else could you buy with a bank chief's bonus? What is Stephen Hester worth - visualised.

Source - http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/graphic/2012/jan/28/stephen-hester-bonus-graphic

Economics - UK recessions compared

The latest GDP figures released today showed that the UK economy shrank by 0.2% in the last quarter of 2011. How does this recession compare to previous ones?


Source http://www.niesr.ac.uk/

Video - the joy of stats

For those of you who haven't seen it before; Hans Rosling's 200 Countries, 200 Years in 4 Minutes.

The rise and fall of personal computing

The history of computing (including mobile) platforms

Source - http://www.asymco.com/2012/01/17/the-rise-and-fall-of-personal-computing/

Note this graph uses a log scale.

Economics - UK exports

Which products does the UK export and where does it export them to? 

Source - http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2010/feb/24/uk-trade-exports-imports

University applications

How has the increase in tuition fees impacted on Ucas applications

http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2012/jan/04/ucas-applications-drop-tuition-fees

Autumn Term 2011

The blog will start properly in 2012. Here are a range of stories from last term to give you an idea of the type of topics that will be covered.

Economics

• The UKs national debt
• Comparison of recessions
• Quantitative easing (needlessly complicated diagram)
• Country credit ratings
• Inequality
• Money (epic graphic from xkcd)

Social media

• Anatomy of Facebook
• Twitter traffic during the riots

Education

• GCSE exam results
• Education 2011
• University applications by subject

Work

• Highest paid jobs
• The gender gap (I thought the median was a type of average)
• European working hours

Science and nature

• Are our summers getting colder?
• Causes of cancer
• The thrill of touching data

Crime

• The riots broken down
• Commuting to the riots
• The death penalty

Other

• The Mercury music prize
• Doctor Who villains
• The rugby world cup

Probability

• Coincidence and chance (not very keen on this headline)
• The best way to win a Maserati
• Visualising probabilities