Some may have seen this - Hans Rosler on TED showing amazing ways of displaying data.

[lindisfarne]

Anyone who has worked with even fairly small data sets and tried to visualize them will appreciate the power of what he's doing.

If you want, jump in at about 3:30 minutes so you can see what he's done to visualize the data, then rewatch from beginning, after you've been hooked.
http://www.ted.com/talks/hans_rosling_shows_the_best_stats_you_ve_ever_seen.html

[lapfog_1]

1. Awesome!

Loved his presentation.

[orwell]

2. Amazing...Thanks n/t

[RandomThoughts]

3. Someone should do that data with health care access.

wait time, and health care profit and cost.

What I found most interesting is how a nation could be one dot, but when it is separated into quarters it stretches across a wider distribution.

It looks like a great way to add extra dimensions to the data displays.

traditional x axis and y axis

adds

color and size, plus a sub line to show individual distribution, and then plays it as an animation to show temporal data.

[LittleApple81]

4. thanks for the link. Very interesting. nt

[joshcryer]

5. His GapMinder stuff is truly unbelievable.

[Posteritatis]

6. I refuse - absolutely refuse - to grow tired of that video. I love it (nt)

[Esra Star]

7. kick