Uncanny Data

An article in the New York Times this last Tuesday cited new research that suggests we are more alert to patterns when we have seen, or experienced, something odd or uncanny. These disorienting experiences “may prime the brain to sense patterns it would otherwise miss,” writes Benedict Carey, the article’s author.
This reminded me of a [...]

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POSTED BY mschindler ON October 8th, 2009. PERMALINK

Do interest groups agree on which lawmakers they like?

I was interested to see if there was a visual way to get a feel for how members of congress arrayed across the political spectrum.
To do this, I thought it would be useful to mash up ratings of sitting US House and Senate members, by various interest groups. Looking for data, I found a site [...]

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POSTED BY mschindler ON October 7th, 2009. PERMALINK

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