Safety summit meets Nov 18, 2009
Snow is a minimal factor in fatal crashes, he added, showing a bar graph that places nearly 70 percent of accidents on clear weather days. And more fatal accidents happen on dry roads than on snowy or icy roads, he said. (Logan Herald Journal, UT)
Chart Junk? How Pictures May Help Make Graphs Better Nov 6, 2009
"Imagine a bar graph showing the number of ACC championships won by each school's basketball team," Gillan says ... To determine whether design elements -- such as background pictures -- affect a viewer's ability to read a graph, the researchers ran an experiment using rectangular bar graphs ... They tested how accurately people could read the bar graph when it was presented against three different backgrounds: a blank background, a background filled with rectangles, and a background filled with... (Science Daily)
Full Story » Nov 4, 2009
The system offers advanced features like a signal strength bar graph LED and flexible mounting options to allow for easy system installation and alignment. With bandwidth and latency similar to fiber optic cable, the AireBeam G targets a very rapidly increasing number of short to medium distance outdoor wireless networking applications that require Gigabit Ethernet bandwidth. (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
Bridge meeting on Sept 24 Sep 17, 2009
The (attached) bar graph, shown at previous meetings, provides a snapshot view of the level of capacity each bridge is operating under at the current time. . (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Feedback on Student Work Builds Rel... Aug 21, 2009
I wondered why you chose a standard bar graph instead of a histogram. We know that histograms are particularly useful when we can group scores by classes [explanation. (Suite101.com)
G.I. Joystick: New Video Games Train Today's Troops Aug 1, 2009
Each of these aspects of life in Al-Hamra is measured by a Line of Effort--an on-screen bar graph that measures the city's security, infrastructure, and goodwill toward my troops. One component of UrbanSim is PsychSim, an ICT project that controls the behavior of all non-Army characters--from local insurgent forces to Iraqi police units to the mayor of Al-Hamra. (Yahoo News -- Technology)
In two exhibits, artists look inward with a result that’s more indulgent than interesting Aug 1, 2009
Another, Andrew Kuo from New York, presents a work called My Relationship to Art as of May 10, 2008 [Crooked-Mouth Face], in which he ranks the artists he most admires in a bar graph labeled Twelve Artists I Wish I Was [Based Solely on Their Stuff. According to the exhibit brochure, Kuo s obsessive self-reflection (the phrase feels right, but hardly something to boast about) is inspiring, but potentially crippling. (Boston Globe)
Statistics offer a colourful twist on humanity Jul 28, 2009
Each psychedelic rainbow is a bar graph about the city and its residents. In one piece, every language spoken in Sydney is represented by a different colour. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Purer Water With Long Shelf Life Made Possible With One Atom Change To Water Purification Product Jul 24, 2009
This bar graph shows the efficacy of removing wild-type bacteriophage from Rio Grande water using the all-aluminum coagulant (yellow), the gallium-aluminum coagulant (pink) and a germanium-aluminum coagulant (green). While the gallium-aluminum coagulant is most effective, the germanium-aluminum coagulant is less effective than the all-aluminum coagulant. (Science Daily)
Free Microsoft Excel Household Budg... Jul 8, 2009
The second visual representation is a bar graph that shows ten of the major categories noted above (all of them except legal, loans, and taxes). This graph is helpful, although it does not provide the user with an idea of the exact expenditures that are consuming a large portion of monthly income. (Suite101.com)
More on Where Your Raise Went Jun 3, 2009
To demonstrate how dire a problem medical inflation had become, I reproduced a bar graph from the U.S. Health and Human Services Department comparing wage increases during the years 1999-2008 with increases during that same period in employer-sponsored health-insurance premiums ... The bar graph was dramatic, and that's why I used it ... I hesitate to reproduce it here because it's yet another bar graph. (Slate)
LaFayette gives stern warning to bar owner (15) May 2, 2009
Staber held up a bar graph prepared by the Sheriff s Department showing that from February 2006 through February 2009 there had been 28 calls for service at the X-Bar, compared with eight at Butch & Jackie s and four at Latigo & Lace, the two closest bars. The calls led to involvement of 48 officers, compared with 12 and eight for the other two bars, and 37 hours of service compared to 10 and five for the others. (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)
Timing is everything Apr 19, 2009
Scroll over the results with your cursor and a pop-up box will show top cities; an expanded bar graph explains the breakdown of your choices. If you are in the "Destinations" area of the Web site, there is a similar map for "Best Places to Travel in (select month.)" Also, there are thousands of travel tips archived on this young Web site. (Montana Standard, MT)
Against Consensus Apr 11, 2009
Please take a minute out of whatever you're doing to look at this bar graph. Chart from the U.S. Department of Health and Human ServicesStunning, isn't it. (Slate)
Big numbers at WSNS Math Night Apr 10, 2009
Math-related prizes were raffled and students estimated the number of candies in various jars, added their birthdays to a giant bar graph, and used plastic links to measure arm lengths. At the end of the evening, every child received both a homework pass and a goodie bag filled with instructions and playing pieces to help them add mathematical fun to their family s routine. (Somerville Journal, MA)
Big footprint: Sandia steps up small business recruitment Apr 10, 2009
But it s underperforming on targets for other disadvantaged categories (see bar graph). To boost performance, Devoti s department plans five town halls in the coming months, each one targeting a different supplier diversity category, including women-owned businesses, veteran-run firms, the SBA s 8(a) and HUBZone-certified companies, tribal entrepreneurs and small businesses in general. (New Mexico Business Weekly, NM)
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On the front page, Post readers saw the big news -- a bar graph showing that 60 percent approve of how Obama is handling the economy. But if you look at the Internet and read the actual poll, there's another number the Post deliberately left out. (Human Events Online)
Bacon and beer Mar 12, 2009
Rather than just skimming my eyes over another bar graph. This tells us things like a majority of the male crew did not survive, and about half of the female crew members perished. (BBC News -- Health)
Safe clicking tips when surfing for diet advice Mar 10, 2009
The best feature is a menu planner that creates a bar graph of your nutritional needs, based on body type and exercise habits. Also includes a fun space-themed game to teach children about making healthy choices. (MSNBC -- Health)
What Happens in Spring? Elementary ... Mar 5, 2009
Teach How to Make a Bar Graph. Explain that a bar graph is a good way to compare and contrast information ... Tell students that they will make bar graphs to show which spring sights and which spring activities are the class favorites. (Suite101.com)
Quotes wrongly used in letter Mar 4, 2009
When the good Reverend, whose acquaintance I have been fortunate enough to make, states "as a Christian believer, I know the faith of Jesus is best a counter-cultural movement not in bed with the government" and is then labeled a Satanist or an atheist, it is pretty clear that the level of comprehension is tracking the external temperatures on a bar graph. More to the point, now that Ive vented, lets be specific here. (Klamath Falls Herald & News, OR)
Obey: Economic stimulus will help Feb 23, 2009
With a somewhat more sophisticated bar graph, Obey shows the economic predictions with and without the stimulus, with unemployment still going up until the middle of next year, but to a lower level than it would without the package. The economy is in such trouble that, even with passage of this package, unemployment rates are expected to rise to between eight and nine percent this year. (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)
From surplus to 'frankly scary' in just one short year Feb 18, 2009
The bar graph charting the economic woes in the United States is equally chilling. The annual growth in real GDP was 2. (Globe and Mail)
Canada to post $64B in deficits by 2011 Feb 16, 2009
At the briefing, the PMO official distributed a one-page bar graph that showed the G7's debt-to-GDP ratio for 2007 and 2010, and placed Canada's at the top of the pack with the lowest percentage. Canada and other international organizations compare their debt levels by using a ratio of the country's debt to a country's gross domestic product (GDP), the sum of all economic activity in the country. (Canada.com)
Comparison Test: 2009 Toyota Prius vs. 2009 Volkswagen Jetta TDI Feb 13, 2009
Sure, some hypermilers might claim some sort of nerdy joy in achieving the mythical solid-bar graph on the car's instrument display that shows 100 mpg across the entire Consumption display ... One driver even stacked the bar graph display with four columns of 100 mpg economy. (Edmunds.com/Inside Line)
