The Tow Center for Digital Journalism has a new report that takes a step beyond the "how to" of data journalism and explains the underlying principles in common sense language, Shan Wang writes. A sample from the report: "Even simple counts break down when you have to count a lot of things. We’ve all sensed that large population figures are somewhat fictitious. Are there really 536,348 people in your hometown, as the number on the 'Welcome To …' sign suggests?"
April 8, 2016
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