Abstract: We present PiCCL (Pictorial Chart Composition Language), a new language that enables users to easily create pictorial charts using a set of simple operators. To support systematic ...

If you aren’t from around here, those are neighbourhoods in south central Auckland. Statisticians often complain about pie charts because it’s hard to make numerical comparisons between the categories ...

How to Create a Burndown Chart + Free Templates for Agile Teams Your email has been sent Key takeaways: Burndown charts give teams a visual snapshot of progress, showing how much work or budget ...

Sam Altman singing in a toilet. James Bond playing Altman in high-stakes poker. Pikachu storming Normandy’s beaches. Mario jumping from his virtual world into real life. Those are just some of the ...

In his decades-long career in tech journalism, Dennis has written about nearly every type of hardware and software. He was a founding editor of Ziff Davis’ Computer Select in the 1990s, senior ...

String manipulation is a core skill for every Python developer. Whether you’re working with CSV files, log entries, or text analytics, knowing how to split strings in Python makes your code cleaner ...

JSON Prompting is a technique for structuring instructions to AI models using the JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) format, making prompts clear, explicit, and machine-readable. Unlike traditional ...

Multiplication in Python may seem simple at first—just use the * operator—but it actually covers far more than just numbers. You can use * to multiply integers and floats, repeat strings and lists, or ...

Florida is unfortunately home to a lot of uninvited guests — especially invasive species. But there might be another way to control their rapidly increasing populations. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife ...

Nicole White is a member of the Statistical Society of Australia. Whether it’s for a work meeting or a class assignment, presenting data to others is a common task on our to-do list. We use data to ...