tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3998628784041768080.post3661666181126875593..comments2024-03-28T03:27:07.147+00:00Comments on VizWiz: How common is your birthday? Find out exactly with an interactive heat map.VizWizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11408220384219218043noreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3998628784041768080.post-71518277574234301482018-01-05T21:16:31.492+00:002018-01-05T21:16:31.492+00:00It would be nice if you could create a variation t...It would be nice if you could create a variation that shows the extrapolated date of conception (minus 280 days).Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05331040963193473843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3998628784041768080.post-52846693223366720362015-02-26T08:02:15.725+00:002015-02-26T08:02:15.725+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13294876590526893635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3998628784041768080.post-51528404538024504322015-02-26T08:02:09.054+00:002015-02-26T08:02:09.054+00:00I didn't realize that my birthday (April 1) wa...I didn't realize that my birthday (April 1) was so uncommonAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13294876590526893635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3998628784041768080.post-26559240889580104122014-11-21T10:42:47.161+00:002014-11-21T10:42:47.161+00:00hi andy,
but you made duplicacy for month and day ...hi andy,<br />but you made duplicacy for month and day again and pasted accordingly in rows and column shelf?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17029688211735717260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3998628784041768080.post-48493128379142228502014-06-16T14:17:23.967+01:002014-06-16T14:17:23.967+01:00I take the point, Redwood Rhiadra, about private d...I take the point, Redwood Rhiadra, about private data so you can't disaggregate 'natural' and 'intervention' births. But one could perhaps compare countries with dissimilar rates of c-section/induction vs natural births (which nonetheless share the same Christian-based set of public holidays, e.g. one of the Scandinavian countries or the Netherlands http://Penny Walkerhttp://penny-walker.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3998628784041768080.post-28041812053855072432014-04-29T04:46:28.885+01:002014-04-29T04:46:28.885+01:00Andy: 'Frequency' isn't quite what thi...Andy: 'Frequency' isn't quite what this display shows. It shows the rank order of frequencies, not the values of frequency scores, which is the usual meaning of frequencies. James' question is significant: if the difference between the most common and least common is as low as, say, 5% of frequency, there really isn't much 'signal' in this data at all. While it is a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3998628784041768080.post-74449314055767338842013-06-08T19:10:36.752+01:002013-06-08T19:10:36.752+01:00James, the only data that was provided was the ran...James, the only data that was provided was the ranking. Showing the percentage difference from the max wouldn't change the rank. The purpose of the heat map is to show the frequency, which it does.VizWizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11408220384219218043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3998628784041768080.post-50677919454502706312013-06-08T18:36:28.050+01:002013-06-08T18:36:28.050+01:00what's the difference in percentage between th...what's the difference in percentage between the date with the least births and the date with the most births? There's no mention of this here. If it's tiny, the whole graph is just noise...James Barnetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10800308431835005425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3998628784041768080.post-6240017010823726742013-01-15T06:55:03.132+00:002013-01-15T06:55:03.132+00:00My birthday is ranked number 9, which surprises me...My birthday is ranked number 9, which surprises me. In 27 years, I've only met one other person, 10 years older, with the same birthday as me. In school, most of my friends had summer birthdays. Of course this is anecdotal, but when I opened this page, I was guessing it would be one of the least popular.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3998628784041768080.post-43281964550409880592012-12-01T02:11:32.295+00:002012-12-01T02:11:32.295+00:00A common, unproven, theory is that doctors don'...A common, unproven, theory is that doctors don't want to work on those days, so they either induce their patients or make them wait. VizWizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11408220384219218043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3998628784041768080.post-35497540449405692422012-12-01T01:16:41.421+00:002012-12-01T01:16:41.421+00:00seems like people don't like giving birth on h...seems like people don't like giving birth on holidays (July 4th, Thanksgiving week, Xmas, new year's day).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3998628784041768080.post-37651914427969861492012-06-06T17:28:58.448+01:002012-06-06T17:28:58.448+01:00I don't know why I like this so much, but I do...I don't know why I like this so much, but I do. (Probably because my birthday is in the bottom 20, woot.)<br /><br />I would be very curious to see this data broken down by geographic and/or climatic regions. When I see summer babies, my first thought is of cold winter snuggling. In that case, though, the distribution ought to shift a bit in Southern California, where Christmas day is Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3998628784041768080.post-65810039258717515622012-05-26T13:19:26.983+01:002012-05-26T13:19:26.983+01:00Please try the tooltip again. It's working fo...Please try the tooltip again. It's working for me. Perhaps there was a blip with Tableau Public's server.<br /><br />As for the actual number of births, I don't have that data. All I used was the rankings. I'm sure it's out there somewhere though.VizWizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11408220384219218043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3998628784041768080.post-39998589959162614372012-05-26T03:06:28.760+01:002012-05-26T03:06:28.760+01:00Would be interesting to see the numbers of births ...Would be interesting to see the numbers of births from each day (is that available somewhere)? I'm a Jan 3 baby (one of the ten least frequent), and it would be interesting to know on an absolute basis how much frequent my birthday is than a day in September.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3998628784041768080.post-91243041199109753802012-05-25T22:03:22.084+01:002012-05-25T22:03:22.084+01:00my birthday says tooltip unavailable (500) Any in...my birthday says tooltip unavailable (500) Any info on September 1?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3998628784041768080.post-11998234919549361462012-05-22T05:24:35.726+01:002012-05-22T05:24:35.726+01:00Haha it's funny how Christmas is the second to...Haha it's funny how Christmas is the second to lowest common birthday. Its like Jesus is going 'Fuck off. Get back in there. Its my birthday. MY BIRTHDAY!'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3998628784041768080.post-78468215353196589692012-05-20T18:58:45.343+01:002012-05-20T18:58:45.343+01:00Anonymous, birth dates are public data. But natura...Anonymous, birth dates are public data. But natural vs. induced birth is medical information and therefore private. A natural-birth-only map is therefore not possible.Redwood Rhiadranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3998628784041768080.post-87835327008460067812012-05-19T06:19:37.529+01:002012-05-19T06:19:37.529+01:00Surely modern day C-section are the main explainat...Surely modern day C-section are the main explaination of why there aren't as much births on holidays. I would love to see a similar chart only with natural births.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3998628784041768080.post-27398575115371643612012-05-18T22:45:10.120+01:002012-05-18T22:45:10.120+01:00Thanks Stephanie. I must have had Home Depot on my...Thanks Stephanie. I must have had Home Depot on my mind. I've corrected it.VizWizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11408220384219218043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3998628784041768080.post-65343407159831173232012-05-18T22:21:00.289+01:002012-05-18T22:21:00.289+01:00FYI: it's "palette" in this case. No...FYI: it's "palette" in this case. Not "pallet."Stephanienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3998628784041768080.post-86973916469693639002012-05-18T15:54:42.347+01:002012-05-18T15:54:42.347+01:00JimR,
Feb 29 was intentionally left off because ...JimR, <br /><br />Feb 29 was intentionally left off because since it only occurs every four years.<br /><br />I've added a note on the viz.<br /><br />AndyVizWizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11408220384219218043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3998628784041768080.post-40359566376512182672012-05-18T15:47:23.000+01:002012-05-18T15:47:23.000+01:00Bottom 10 is missing February 29 (366/366)Bottom 10 is missing February 29 (366/366)JimRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08307724547074509389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3998628784041768080.post-58353875184876027122012-05-17T17:16:14.704+01:002012-05-17T17:16:14.704+01:00I find the lighter band across all months on the 1...I find the lighter band across all months on the 13th interesting.Clinton Knoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3998628784041768080.post-32188458601114368432012-05-17T16:44:05.564+01:002012-05-17T16:44:05.564+01:00My one comment is I think some of your causality r...My one comment is I think some of your causality reasoning may need to be taken even further. It may not be that doctors don't want their holidays disturbed. I would posit that it is also people not wanting to be in the hospital for the holidays when choosing to induce.Mark W. McClennan, APRhttp://www.schwartzmsl.com/crossroadsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3998628784041768080.post-72122990311918183422012-05-17T14:09:14.307+01:002012-05-17T14:09:14.307+01:00I intentionally did not leave all of the top 10 as...I intentionally did not leave all of the top 10 as the darkest and all of the bottom 10 as the lightest because you wouldn't be able to distinguish the order they are in.<br /><br />For example, if I use the scale from 1-366 for the top 10, they are all dark orange and you can see which one is #1 vs #10. With the way I designed it, you can more easily see where they stand.<br /><br />The VizWizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11408220384219218043noreply@blogger.com