In addition to books and blogs, I write the Statbusters column for The Daily Beast, with Andrew Gelman. My writing has appeared in many publications, including Harvard Business Review, FiveThirtyEight, American Scientist, Wired, Slate, and Significance. I have also been cited by New York Times, Financial Times, CNN, BBC News, and others.

Here is a selection of my writing, and citations

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On Data Visualization

The Unspoken Rules of Data Visualisation, DataJournalism.com, January 2020 — **The Unspoken Rules of Data Visualisation**, *DataJournalism.com*, January 2020

Cited by Scott Berinato, in Visualizing Trouble, Harvard Business Review, Oct 2013 — Cited by Scott Berinato, in **Visualizing Trouble**, *Harvard Business Review*, Oct 2013

Junk Charts Trifecta Checkup, Junk Charts, May 2010 — **Junk Charts Trifecta Checkup**, *Junk Charts*, May 2010

Knowledge in the Chart and Knowledge in the Head, Junk Charts, Feb 2014 — **Knowledge in the Chart and Knowledge in the Head**, *Junk Charts*, Feb 2014

An Overused Chart, Why It Fails, and How to Fix It, Junk Charts, Apri 2014 — **An Overused Chart, Why It Fails, and How to Fix It**, *Junk Charts*, Apri 2014

What is Seasonal Adjustment and Why is It Used, Junk Charts, Nov 2011 — **What is Seasonal Adjustment and Why is It Used,** *Junk Charts, Nov 2011*

The Scatter-plot Matrix, Junk Charts, Jun 2010 — **The Scatter-plot Matrix**, *Junk Charts*, Jun 2010

Insufficiency and Illusions, Junk Charts, Sep 2012 — **Insufficiency and Illusions**, *Junk Charts*, Sep 2012

On Data Science

Should You Leave a Baseball Game Early?, FiveThirtyEight, July 2018. — **Should You Leave a Baseball Game Early**?, *FiveThirtyEight*, July 2018.

The Trouble with Triage Testing, Wired, March 2020 — **The Trouble with Triage Testing**, *Wired*, March 2020

Do Covid Symptom Tracking Apps Work?, Wired, May 2020 — **Do Covid Symptom Tracking Apps Work?,** *Wired,* May 2020

Explaining NYC Restaurant Grades, FiveThirtyEight, Sep 2014 — **Explaining NYC Restaurant Grades**, *FiveThirtyEight*, Sep 2014

Why Websites Still Can't Predict Exactly What You Want, HBR, May 2014 — **Why Websites Still Can't Predict Exactly What You Want**, *HBR*, May 2014

Evaluating Airfare Predictors, FiveThirtyEight, Apr 2014 — **Evaluating Airfare Predictors**, *FiveThirtyEight*, Apr 2014

Why Ad Fraud Thrives, HBR, Oct 2015 — Why Ad Fraud Thrives, *HBR*, Oct 2015

Ethics in Data Science, HBR, Nov 2015 — Ethics in Data Science, *HBR*, Nov 2015

Fareed Zakaria picks Numbers Rule Your World as Book of the Week, CNN, Sept 2010. — Fareed Zakaria picks **Numbers Rule Your World** as Book of the Week, *CNN*, Sept 2010.

Cited by Tim Harford, in Big Data: Are we making a big mistake?, Financial Times, Mar 2014 — Cited by Tim Harford, in **Big Data: Are we making a big mistake?**, *Financial Times*, Mar 2014

Google Flu Trends' Failure Shows Good Data > Big Data, Harvard Business Review, Mar 2014 — **Google Flu Trends' Failure Shows Good Data > Big Data**, *Harvard Business Review,* Mar 2014

Why Most A/B Tests Fail, Big Data Plainly Spoken, Apr 2014 (Image credit: Marc Levin, mil8 on Flickr) — **Why Most A/B Tests Fail,** *Big Data Plainly Spoken*, Apr 2014 (Image credit: Marc Levin, mil8 on Flickr)

Towards a More Useful Definition of Big Data, Big Data Plainly Spoken, Mar 2014 — **Towards a More Useful Definition of Big Data**, *Big Data Plainly Spoken,* Mar 2014

Never a Failed Test Fails the Statistical Test, Numbers Rule Your World, May 2011 — **Never a Failed Test Fails the Statistical Test**, *Numbers Rule Your World*, May 2011