By using this site, you agree to the Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.
Accept
SmartData Collective
  • Analytics
    AnalyticsShow More
    data analytics in sports industry
    Here’s How Data Analytics In Sports Is Changing The Game
    6 Min Read
    data analytics on nursing career
    Advances in Data Analytics Are Rapidly Transforming Nursing
    8 Min Read
    data analytics reveals the benefits of MBA
    Data Analytics Technology Proves Benefits of an MBA
    9 Min Read
    data-driven image seo
    Data Analytics Helps Marketers Substantially Boost Image SEO
    8 Min Read
    construction analytics
    5 Benefits of Analytics to Manage Commercial Construction
    5 Min Read
  • Big Data
  • BI
  • Exclusive
  • IT
  • Marketing
  • Software
Search
© 2008-23 SmartData Collective. All Rights Reserved.
Reading: US support for gay marriage, graphed
Share
Notification Show More
Latest News
data analytics in sports industry
Here’s How Data Analytics In Sports Is Changing The Game
Big Data
data analytics on nursing career
Advances in Data Analytics Are Rapidly Transforming Nursing
Analytics
data analytics reveals the benefits of MBA
Data Analytics Technology Proves Benefits of an MBA
Analytics
anti-spoofing tips
Anti-Spoofing is Crucial for Data-Driven Businesses
Security
ai in software development
3 AI-Based Strategies to Develop Software in Uncertain Times
Software
Aa
SmartData Collective
Aa
Search
  • About
  • Help
  • Privacy
Follow US
© 2008-23 SmartData Collective. All Rights Reserved.
SmartData Collective > Big Data > Data Visualization > US support for gay marriage, graphed
Data Visualization

US support for gay marriage, graphed

DavidMSmith
Last updated: 2009/06/17 at 4:17 PM
DavidMSmith
2 Min Read
SHARE

This chart, documenting the change of support for gay marriage in the US on a state-by-state basis, has been doing the rounds of the blogosphere recently (click to enlarge):

Gay marriage

The chart is based on a hierarchical model of polling data by Jeff Lax and Justin Philips. They used the glmer function in R to aggregate poll data from various sources and create an “opinion estimate” for each state in three periods: 1994-1996, 2003-4 and 2009-9. It shows clearly how support for gay marriage has been steadily increasing everywhere (with the notable recent exception of Utah), but is generally increasing fastest in those states where some… 

More Read

data visualization for small business

Data Visualization Boosts Business Scalability with Sales Mapping

5 Best Practices for Extracting, Analyzing, and Visualizing Data
10 Important Ways Data Visualization Can Benefit Your Content Strategy
How to Bring Presentation Data to Life with Powered Template
From Raw Data to Visualization: Marvel Social Graph Analysis

This chart, documenting the change of support for gay marriage in the US on a state-by-state basis, has been doing the rounds of the blogosphere recently (click to enlarge):

Gay marriage

The chart is based on a hierarchical model of polling data by Jeff Lax and Justin Philips. They used the glmer function in R to aggregate poll data from various sources and create an “opinion estimate” for each state in three periods: 1994-1996, 2003-4 and 2009-9. It shows clearly how support for gay marriage has been steadily increasing everywhere (with the notable recent exception of Utah), but is generally increasing fastest in those states where some same-sex rights have already been conferred. Andrew Gelman provides further detailed commentary of this chart in an op-ed for the political website NewMajority.com. It’s nice to see such in-depth statistical analysis and graphics from R having an impact on political discourse. 

Andrew Gelman: Gay Marriage: A Tipping Point?

Link to original post

DavidMSmith June 17, 2009
Share this Article
Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn
Share

Follow us on Facebook

Latest News

data analytics in sports industry
Here’s How Data Analytics In Sports Is Changing The Game
Big Data
data analytics on nursing career
Advances in Data Analytics Are Rapidly Transforming Nursing
Analytics
data analytics reveals the benefits of MBA
Data Analytics Technology Proves Benefits of an MBA
Analytics
anti-spoofing tips
Anti-Spoofing is Crucial for Data-Driven Businesses
Security

Stay Connected

1.2k Followers Like
33.7k Followers Follow
222 Followers Pin

You Might also Like

data visualization for small business
Data Visualization

Data Visualization Boosts Business Scalability with Sales Mapping

7 Min Read
big data visualization
Data Visualization

5 Best Practices for Extracting, Analyzing, and Visualizing Data

6 Min Read
Data Visualization
Data Visualization

10 Important Ways Data Visualization Can Benefit Your Content Strategy

13 Min Read
Data Visualisation
Data Visualization

How to Bring Presentation Data to Life with Powered Template

8 Min Read

SmartData Collective is one of the largest & trusted community covering technical content about Big Data, BI, Cloud, Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, IoT & more.

ai is improving the safety of cars
From Bolts to Bots: How AI Is Fortifying the Automotive Industry
Artificial Intelligence
AI chatbots
AI Chatbots Can Help Retailers Convert Live Broadcast Viewers into Sales!
Chatbots

Quick Link

  • About
  • Contact
  • Privacy
Follow US

© 2008-23 SmartData Collective. All Rights Reserved.

Removed from reading list

Undo
Go to mobile version
Welcome Back!

Sign in to your account

Lost your password?