Kieran Healy is a Professor of Sociology at Duke University, specializing in social networks, data visualization, and sociological theory. He is the author of several books, including The Ordinal Society and Data Visualization.
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A blog covering data visualization, spatial analysis in R, election mapping, and social science data, with a focus on technical methods and tools.
A blog archive listing posts about data visualization, statistical analysis, and data science using the R programming language.
A keynote on trustworthy data visualization, exploring trust in an era of fake results, AI confabulation, and data infrastructure decay.
A blog archive listing numerous data visualization projects, tutorials, and analyses, primarily focused on demographic, social, and public data.
A technical analysis of NYC mayoral election results using R, spatial data, and GIS techniques to create maps visualizing precinct-level voting patterns.
A data visualization blog post explaining the creation of a 'Manhattan plot' chart showing building heights in Manhattan over time, with technical details on design choices.
The author discusses updates to gssrdoc, an R package that provides integrated help documentation for the General Social Survey (GSS) dataset.
Analyzing pedestrian fatality data using polar coordinate visualizations to reveal cyclical patterns in daily accident counts.
