Data Journalism

It’s summer and Datassist is heading out for a few weeks of (we feel) well-deserved summer holidays. Some of us are going to the beach. Some of us are going to the desert. (And some of us are [...]

(One of the things we’re most passionate about here at Datassist is using data to make the world a better place. We work with partners who use data to assist marginalized populations, recognize [...]

I’ll level with you: there probably isn’t a single secret to gender equality. There’s no magic button to push that makes everything right and fair and balanced. Inequality can spring from a [...]

Continuing the blog mini-series I’ve been doing over the last couple weeks about ensuring that we use data correctly, this week’s post is about the prosecutor’s fallacy. But while my other posts [...]

What does interactive data visualization really achieve? Does it have a real benefit? Or is it mostly an opportunity for designers to show off or have a bit of fun? It’s not difficult for many [...]

Spurious correlations are a trap. An entertaining trap, in some cases. But a trap nonetheless. Take some examples from Tyler Vigen’s Spurious Correlations: Correlation Does Not Equal Causation. [...]