My friend, Tony Proudfoot, the Associate VP for Mktg & Comm at Ball State, sent me a link to a cool Web site called Flowing Data the other day. This is a great site if you are a believer that the presentation of data is just another art form. Here are some links to some "data visualizations" that are really awesome:

1. 27 visualizations on the financial crisis

2. Safest seat on a plane

3. Learn how to read and use the box-and-whisker plot

The image below is another one. It shows how Obama beat Clinton...a little late, I know. But, it's still interesting.

You can even watch a visualization of the growth of Walmart. Cool site for those interested in learning better ways to be effective in communicating what can easily be missed in your data.

-Elizabeth Scarborough