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The World Bank's statistics on education

Data Visualization: Flowing Data is a great blog on visualizing data

Data Visualization: Flowing Data is a great blog on visualizing data

Statistics: index of Harper's Index

Daytum helps you collect, categorize, and communicate your everyday data

swivel: share data and make it interactive - publish research results for the public!

Juice Analytics: web apps for dynamic, interactive exploration of data

TweetReach: How far did your tweet reach?

find how you/others rank based on retweets

grade inflation

National Council on Measurement in Education

Data Visualization: 50 great examples

Data Visualization: 50 great examples

Pollster: graphs of polls taken on approval ratings for government across the U.S.

Chartbeat: real-time monitoring of your online presence. This looks like a great way to study online student behavior.

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Data Visualization:junk charts

Data Visualization:junk charts

Marshall IDX: comparing the Popularity of Words in Media

Marshall IDX: comparing the Popularity of Words in Media

Video games are no longer just a form of entertainment for children and young adults alone, and the old stereotypes of a gamer no longer apply. The ESA's "2010 Essential Facts About the Computer and Video Game Industry" show that 67 percent of American households play computer and video games. The research also reveals other interesting demographic facts about today's gamers and the games they play, including: * The average gamer is 34 years old and has been playing for 12 years. * Forty percent of all players are women and women over 18 years of age are one of the industry's fastest growing demographics. Today, adult women represent a greater portion of the game-playing population (33 percent) than boys age 17 or younger (20 percent). * Twenty-six percent of game players are over the age of 50, an increase from nine percent in 1999. This figure is sure to rise in coming years with nursing homes and senior centers across the nation now incorporating video games into their activities. * Sixty-seven percent of homes in America own either a console and/or PC used to run entertainment software. * Fifty-eight percent of online game players are male and 42 percent are female. Forty-two percent of heads of households report they play games on wireless devices such as a cell phone or PDA, up from 20% in 2002. * Ninety-three percent of the time parents are present at the time games are purchased or rented. Seventy-six percent of parents believe that the parental controls available in all new video game consoles are useful. In addition, 64 percent of parents believe games are a positive part of their children's lives."