Jenna Laib

Share of US University Degrees Going To Women (1870 – 2020) Share of US University Degrees Going To Women (1870 - 2020)graph by StaDaFa; slow reveal by Jenna Laib (Slide deck includes notes and questions to elicit discourse) Type of Graph: line graph Visualization Source: Statistics_Data_Facts, “Share Of University Degrees Going To Women.” StaDaFa.com: January 2023. Data Sources: U.S. Department of Education, NCES, Earned Degrees Conferred, 1870 - 1965…

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Share of US University Degrees Going To Women (1870 - 2020)

Sorry to hear that. ❤️‍🩹 Best wishes for a better start to 25-26!

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Blog: Digging Into Data Sources by Jenna Laib "Data" is not neutral. When we look at a data visualization, it can feel cool and objective -- maybe even authoritative. But every graph, chart, or infographic has been shaped by a series of human decisions. Someone decided what to measure and how to measure it. Someone then decided what data to include (or exclude), how to scale the axes, and what labels to use.

New #SlowRevealGraph Blog Post:
Digging Into Data Sources

A few years ago, I started citing not just the source of the graph, but the source of the data behind it. In this blog post, I explain why that's important, and how it can change our interpretation of the graph.

Updated this slide deck! (graph is updated to include that it's CPI-adjusted, and there are added graphs from the NOAA/NCEI website that provide additional nuance. Fascinating.

Thanks to @scottfarrar.bsky.social :)

Hahaha our posts crossed on the internet. But yes! It IS adjusted, and that is extra terrifying.

Wait! Reading further on the NCEI/NOAA site, which I’m pretty certain is the original source of the data, I think it IS adjusted for inflation. I may have been hasty posting this one. (Usually I look up the original data first…) Updates coming soon!

Check out this one! Different data from the NOAA. Hurricane season 😳

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My best guess is that it is not, which is why I threw up slide with the inflation rate for 1980. That said, I haven’t yet listed the Riede data from the NOAA. I’m tempted to make my own adjusted for inflation…

Yes! Even without adjusting for inflation, it still feels worth of Dan Meyer’s #OMGraph hashtag.

Days Between Billion-Dollar Natural Disasters in the US Days Between Billion-Dollar Natural Disasters in the USgraph by Climate Central; slow reveal by Jenna Laib (Slide deck includes notes and questions to elicit discourse) Type of Graph: bar graph Visualization Source: Climate Central, “U.S. Billion-Dollar Disasters: 1980-2024.” Climate Central: July 16, 2025. Accessed at Data Source: NOAA/NCEI Potential Math Content: bar graphs, estimating values, comparing values, intervals, scale along the x-axis, billions, large numbers, inflation Potential Content Connections: inflation, climate change

Days Between Billion-Dollar Natural Disasters in the US

Days Between Billion-Dollar Natural Disasters in the USgraph by Climate Central; slow reveal by Jenna Laib (Slide deck includes notes and questions to elicit discourse) Type of Graph: bar graph Visualization Source: Climate Central, “U.S.…

Graphs Are Hard for Students to Digest. Can a 'Slow Reveal' Help? Follow along as a math specialist uses a "slow reveal" graph to teach a statistical lesson on countries' national flags.

"Slow reveal" method of teaching graphs - [Image - Silhouette of extended hands in front of an out-of-focus screen of a bar graph. These hands aren't as creepy as in the image I posted yesterday]

[New Post] Ontario Math Links-My favourite #math related links from this week:

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I like building antiprisms! They require a lot of triangles, though.

Or maybe you’re going for more architecturally inspired creations…?

Immigrants’ Big Share of Nobel Prizes in the Sciences Immigrants' Big Share of Nobel Prizes in the Sciencesgraph by Katharina Buchholz/Statista; slow reveal by Jenna Laib (Slide deck includes notes and questions to elicit discourse) Type of Graph: bar graph Visualization Source: Buchholz, Katharina. “Immigrants' Big Share of Nobel Prizes in the Sciences.” Statista: October 8, 2020. Accessed at Data Source: Nobel Prize Federation: Potential Math Content: bar graphs, estimating values, comparing values, stacked bar graphs Potential Content Connections: immigration, Nobel Prize, science, research, academia, international

Immigrants’ Big Share of Nobel Prizes in the Sciences

Immigrants' Big Share of Nobel Prizes in the Sciencesgraph by Katharina Buchholz/Statista; slow reveal by Jenna Laib (Slide deck includes notes and questions to elicit discourse) Type of Graph: bar graph Visualization Source: Buchholz,…

Did the Dog vs People Names scatter plot today with a room full of k-12 computer science teachers, and WOW, the discussion we had! 🤓 #slowrevealgraphs

Aww! Love that. I haven’t done this one with students yet, but maybe come September…

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Cost per pound of vehicles compared with per pound of types of cheese Cost (in USD $) per pound of Vehicles compared with per pound of Types of Cheesegraph by Andrew McCalip/Norma Gordon; slow reveal by Norma Gordon (Slide deck includes notes and questions to elicit discourse) Type of Graph: bar graph Visualization Source: Original graph - McCalip, Andrew (@andrewmccalip). “Since we're talking manufacturing this week... I think a lot about the price of cheese vs vehicles per pound.” …

Cost per pound of vehicles compared with per pound of types of cheese

Cost (in USD $) per pound of Vehicles compared with per pound of Types of Cheesegraph by Andrew McCalip/Norma Gordon; slow reveal by Norma Gordon (Slide deck includes notes and questions to elicit discourse) Type of Graph: bar…

Smoking increases the risk of death for many causes Smoking increases the risk of death for many causesgraph by Saloni Dattani/Our World in Data; slow reveal by Jenna Laib (Slide deck includes notes and questions to elicit discourse) Type of Graph: bar graph Visualization Source: Dattani, Saloni. "Smoking increases the risk of death for many causes." Our World in Data BlueSky: July 2, 2025.Also see: Hannah Ritchie and Max Roser (2023) - “Smoking” Published online at OurWorldinData.org.

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Smoking increases the risk of death for many causes

Which states have Americans visited?

Which states have American visited?graph by David H. Montgomery/YouGov; slow reveal by Jeremy Knight (Slide deck includes notes and questions to elicit discourse) Type of Graph: choropleth map, bar graph Visualization Source: Montgomery, David H. "Which states…

Oof, I had a Saturday morning slot in Chicago. You’ll be great, though! And I’m still around then.

See you there!

Noooo — will you be in Atlanta? I’ll be there, for NCTM only.

October 30! 🤩

What a beautiful meeting!! I love Annie.

That sounds like a lot!

Sending love to you and your family. 💛

You can talk to an editor (Eg at Stenhouse/Routledge, Corwin, etc) and I think some will help you work on your formal proposal (if they’re invested in your idea). Go for it!

The students wrote petitions, called local reps, and researched ways to create change about their topics.

And, naturally, many of them used graphs as part of their argument. I found myself taking lots of photos for #slowrevealgraph inspiration.

Attending the showcase was restorative. 2/🧵

Today, the 8th graders at my school shared their civics action projects in a beautiful showcase. Their topics varied greatly: climate change, immigration, artist compensation from streaming services, health and health issues, etc. 1/🧵

Ooh! I only wish we could break it down into a two way table!

But I'm going to find a way to use this. It's great.

My parents took Sanskrit at a philosophy school when I was a little kid! Their class was more… communal chanting in a room rather than isolated translations.

The course sounds like it needed much more coherence but still: interesting!