Although it is too late to effect anyone’s bracket, I have a few historical visualizations which strongly indicate how the tournament will play out. Round 1 – Seeds and Conference match ups, covered in previous post I posted earlier this week with predictive charts for the first round. Historically, seeds 1-4 get a pass, the…
Lessons in creating the perfect NCAA bracket
Let’s just begin with the obvious, there’s no visualization or analysis available that will generate the perfect bracket. There are just too many variables involved. I haven’t even made an attempt at that. What this article does present is several visualizations that can be used as tools towards a better bracket prediction. It’s not a…
Predicting Super Bowl LI: Post-Mortem 5 Lesson’s In Data Visualization + Bonus (Part 4 of 4)
With Super Bowl LI behind us, it is time for a forecasting post-mortem. It was a historic game for the Patriots. They now have the distinction of being the only team to play in 9 Super Bowls, the only team to win in overtime and the only team to make such a big comeback in…
Predicting Super Bowl LI: 7 Examples of Story Telling Visualizations + the Prediction (Part 3 of 4)
Super Bowl LI is just two days away. It’s time to make a prediction. This is the third article in the series. There is a prediction in this article and it’s close to the bottom if you want to rush down there to see what it is. In my first article “Predicting Super Bowl LI:…
Predicting Super Bowl LI: 5 Rules for Dashboard Visualizations (Part 2)
With Super Bowl LI just a few days away, this article will expand on the Visualization lessons from my previous article, “Predicting Super Bowl LI: 4 Quick Lessons in Data Visualization (Part 1)“, to include my 5 rules for building dashboard visualization. Our ultimate objective is to use visualizations to help us predict the results…