Agricultural and applied economist, Assistant Professor at @aceatIL, alum of @UW_AAE; open source fanboy, occasional nature documentary enthusiast.
Apr 28, 2022 • 17 tweets • 10 min read
Another year of my data science class has finished, and so now it's time to talk about this year's run of "the Hunt for the Worst Data Visualization."
This year had some great submissions from the class:
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First, here is a link to last year's submissions. Students this year were not allowed to choose any of these to keep us hunting for only the worst visualizations
One particular strand of my research agenda leads me to read a lot of names for dairy bulls, who are often given dynamic names to increase their sales.
So without further ado, a 🧵of old-timey cow names that sound like characters from a fantasy novel/D&D campaign:
Sir Gerben Colantha Rube
Class: Paladin
Alignment: Lawful Good
Heir to the Colantha Rube dynasty, must avenge dead father figure.