Joseph A Guadagno

http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/a-baseball-mystery-the-home-run-is-back-and-no-one-knows-why/

What I found interesting about this topic is the fact that the number of home runs, velocity after contact, and percentage of home runs hit has jumped to its highest point in five years, but has no explanation behind it. Although there are many…[Read more]

http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/rich-kids-stay-rich-poor-kids-stay-poor/
I found this article incredibly interesting, as it laid claim to the fact that children growing up in wealthy households will have not only a much higher employment rate throughout there lives (on average), but also a higher earnings rate. In addition the study had…[Read more]

Although the 8 core principles all have significant meaning in data visualization, there is one in particular that I would value above the rest. In my opinion, the most important principle of data visualization is to be skeptical about the data we are using in our graphics. Too many times we take the information that we have uncovered as true…[Read more]

http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-stock-market-is-not-the-economy/
This article is a basic reminder to the rational investor that a heavy downward trend in the market is not necessarily the indication of Judgement Day. In fact, the numbers posted by the stock market in the new year are highly precedented, occurring in in 21 of the past 66…[Read more]

In particular, one specific piece of conventional wisdom that has impacted my life was Malcolm X’s quote “The future belongs to those who prepare for it today”. The ideal behind this is that those who maintain a well-organized, regimented lifestyle will overall be able to function better in society, and have the ability to maintain a higher…[Read more]