Dr. Randal S. Olson

Randy Olson shows you how to compute an epic road trip across the U.S.

Randy Olson charts the top 25 richest living comedians to see how they made their riches doing comedy.

Randy Olson revisits the Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon to see if Kevin is really the Center of the Hollywood Universe.

Randy Olson critiques a recently popular infographic on the odd spending habits of Big Pharma companies.

Randy Olson uses machine learning techniques to find the best search strategy for finding Waldo.

Randy Olson explores why Python users aren't upgrading to Python 3.

Randy Olson delves into voting data to find the states that determine the outcome of the Presidential election.

Randy Olson revisits an old analysis to find out what makes for a successful reddit post.

Randy Olson delves into the data to find that over half of all reddit posts go completely ignored.

Randy Olson charts out the films that have made and lost producers the most money over the past three decades.

Randy Olson explores whether a bigger film production budget results in more ticket sales.

Randy Olson charts the top grossing films studios in the U.S.

Randy Olson charts the top 25 most gender-neutral names in the U.S.

Randy Olson explores the role of the Black Power movement in how American babies were named in the 1970s.

Randy Olson charts out the most-viewed YouTube videos and highlights Gangnam Style's unprecedented rise to over 2 billion views.

Randy Olson delves into 6 years of reddit posting data to discern whether reddit is experiencing "upvote inflation."

Randy Olson charts the popular MMORPGs from 1998 through 2013.

Randy Olson checks if women on OkCupid follow the Standard Creepiness Rule when it comes to dating.

Randy Olson reviews more of a research paper that outlines what makes for a stable marriage in the U.S.

Randy Olson charts out where Democrats and Republicans want to see their tax dollars spent according to a nationally representative poll.

Randy Olson revisits the "evolution of chess openings" visualization to illustrate why videos and GIFs make poor visualization tools.

Randy Olson visualizes the reigns and deaths of the Roman Emperors over a 400 year period.

Randy Olson visualizes the age divide in where Americans want to see their tax dollars spent.

Randy Olson presents the interactive reddit world map.

Randy Olson attempts to revive and update the popular "ebb and flow of movie ticket sales" graphic.

Randy Olson charts the Top 25 AP Poll college football rankings to provide a historical perspective on how the top teams have fared.

Randy Olson digs into the data to find out who's responsible for gas prices at the pump.

Randy Olson reviews a research paper that outlines what makes for a stable marriage in the U.S.

Randy Olson analyzes over half a decade of reddit posting data to discover the most upvoted posts on reddit.

Randy Olson checks if men on OkCupid follow the Standard Creepiness Rule when it comes to dating.

Randy Olson analyzes the latest American opinion poll results to answer the question, "Who are the climate change deniers?""

Randy Olson analyzes all of the troops in Clash of Clans and discovers which ones give you the biggest bang for your buck.

Randy Olson dispels some common misconceptions about where the U.S. gets its oil from.

Randy Olson explains why we should put the myth of the smarter Atheist to rest.

Randy Olson discusses the best and worst times to have your case reviewed by a judge, based on research data.

Randy Olson provides code examples and explanations for a handful of beautiful data visualizations.

Randy Olson charts out the IQ of students by their major's gender ratio and reveals a startling trend.

Randy Olson charts out the median male height in various countries from 1820-2013 and explains why the Dutch are so tall.

Randy Olson shows why we can only forecast the weather a few days into the future

Randy Olson charts out the accuracy of three major weather forecasting services.

Randy Olson visualizes the relative volume and value of U.S. currency in circulation from 1993 to 2013.

Randy Olson charts out the percentage of Bachelor's degrees conferred to women (by major) and makes some startling findings.

Randy Olson explains why football referees are unfair when awarding penalty kicks.

Randy Olson visualizes how many degrees have been awarded in the U.S.A. between 1987 and 2010.

Randy Olson explains the key to Magnus Carlsen's success as a chess grandmaster.

Randy Olson charts the fastest growing and declining surnames in the U.S. according to the U.S.

Randy Olson celebrates his blogiversary by analyzing 2 years of web traffic to the blog.

Randy Olson analyzes over 650,000 chess tournament games to explore how common chess moves have changed over time.

Randy Olson analyzes over 650,000 chess tournament games to explore how chess openings have grown and waned in popularity over time.

Randy Olson analyzes over 650,000 chess tournament games to explore how chess has evolved over time.