Rough recreation of the "per capita consuption of mozzarella cheese & civil engineering doctorates awarded" correlation plot from Spurious Correlations blog (http://www.tylervigen.com/spurious-correlations)
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Spurious Correlations Dual Axis Line Chart
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| year | cheese | doctorates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 9.3 | 480 | |
| 2001 | 9.7 | 501 | |
| 2002 | 9.7 | 540 | |
| 2003 | 9.7 | 552 | |
| 2004 | 9.9 | 547 | |
| 2005 | 10.2 | 622 | |
| 2006 | 10.5 | 655 | |
| 2007 | 11 | 701 | |
| 2008 | 10.6 | 712 | |
| 2009 | 10.6 | 708 |
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| <!DOCTYPE html> | |
| <meta charset="utf-8"> | |
| <script src="https://d3js.org/d3.v4.min.js"></script> | |
| <style type="text/css"> | |
| :root { | |
| --highlight-color:red; | |
| } | |
| .axis .tick { | |
| stroke-width:0.5px; | |
| stroke-opacity: .5; | |
| } | |
| .axis path { | |
| stroke: none; | |
| } | |
| .line { | |
| stroke: black; | |
| fill: none; | |
| stroke-width: 1.5; | |
| } | |
| .axis.cheese text { | |
| fill: var(--highlight-color); | |
| } | |
| .cheese-circle { | |
| fill: var(--highlight-color); | |
| } | |
| .line.cheese { | |
| stroke: var(--highlight-color); | |
| } | |
| </style> | |
| <body> | |
| <p class="details"></p> | |
| </body> | |
| <script> | |
| var margin = {top: 20, right: 40, bottom: 30, left: 40}; | |
| var width = 900 - margin.left - margin.right, | |
| height = 250 - margin.top - margin.bottom; | |
| var svg = d3.select("body").append("svg") | |
| .attr("width", width + margin.left + margin.right) | |
| .attr("height", height + margin.top + margin.bottom) | |
| .append("g") | |
| .attr("transform", "translate(" + margin.left + "," + margin.top + ")"); | |
| var xScale = d3.scaleLinear() | |
| .domain([1999, 2010]) | |
| .range([0, width]); | |
| var cheeseScale = d3.scaleLinear() | |
| .domain([9, 12]) | |
| .range([height, 0]); | |
| var doctorateScale = d3.scaleLinear() | |
| .domain([400, 1000]) | |
| .range([height, 0]) | |
| var xAxis = d3.axisBottom(xScale) | |
| .tickFormat(d3.format("d")); | |
| var cheeseAxis = d3.axisLeft(cheeseScale) | |
| .ticks(4) | |
| .tickSize(-width); | |
| var doctorateAxis = d3.axisRight(doctorateScale) | |
| .ticks(4) | |
| .tickSize(0); | |
| d3.csv("cheese_engineers.csv", ready) | |
| function ready(error, data) { | |
| if (error) return console.warn(error); | |
| svg.append('g') | |
| .attr('class', 'x axis') | |
| .attr('transform', 'translate(0, ' + height + ')') | |
| .call(xAxis) | |
| svg.append('g') | |
| .attr('class', 'cheese axis') | |
| .call(cheeseAxis) | |
| svg.append('g') | |
| .attr('class', 'doctorate axis') | |
| .attr('transform', 'translate(' + width + ', 0)') | |
| .call(doctorateAxis) | |
| function select_year(d) { | |
| var this_year = 'year' + d.year; | |
| d3.select(".details").text('In ' + d.year + ', ' + d.cheese + ' pounds of mozzarella cheese was consumed, and ' + d.doctorates + ' Civil Engineering Doctorates were awarded') | |
| d3.selectAll('.circle') | |
| .attr('r', 5) | |
| d3.selectAll('.' + this_year) | |
| .transition() | |
| .attr('r', 15) | |
| } | |
| function deselect_year(d) { | |
| d3.selectAll('.circle') | |
| .transition() | |
| .attr('r', 5) | |
| } | |
| var cheeseCircle = svg.selectAll('.cheese-circle') | |
| .data(data) | |
| .enter().append('circle') | |
| .attr('class', 'cheese-circle') | |
| .attr("class", function(d) { return 'cheese-circle circle ' + 'year' + d.year }) | |
| .attr('r', 5) | |
| .attr('cx', function(d) { return xScale(d.year) }) | |
| .attr('cy', function(d) { return cheeseScale(d.cheese)}) | |
| .attr('fill', 'red') | |
| .on('mouseover', function(d) { | |
| select_year(d) | |
| }) | |
| .on('mouseout', function(d) { | |
| deselect_year(d) | |
| }); | |
| var cheeseLineGenerator = d3.line() | |
| .x(function(d) { return xScale(d.year) }) | |
| .y(function(d) { return cheeseScale(d.cheese)}) | |
| var cheesePath = svg.append('path') | |
| .datum(data) | |
| .attr('class', 'line') | |
| .attr('d', cheeseLineGenerator(data)) | |
| .style('stroke', 'red') | |
| var doctorateCircle = svg.selectAll('.doctorate-circle') | |
| .data(data) | |
| .enter().append('circle') | |
| .attr("class", function(d) { return 'doctorate-circle circle ' + 'year' + d.year }) .attr('r', 5) | |
| .attr('cx', function(d) { return xScale(d.year) }) | |
| .attr('cy', function(d) { return doctorateScale(d.doctorates)}) | |
| .on('mouseover', function(d) { | |
| select_year(d) | |
| }) | |
| .on('mouseout', function(d) { | |
| deselect_year(d) | |
| }); | |
| var doctorateLineGenerator = d3.line() | |
| .x(function(d) { return xScale(d.year) }) | |
| .y(function(d) { return doctorateScale(d.doctorates)}) | |
| var doctoratePath = svg.append('path') | |
| .datum(data) | |
| .attr('class', 'line') | |
| .attr('d', doctorateLineGenerator(data)); | |
| svg.append("text") | |
| .attr("transform", "rotate(-90)") | |
| .attr("y", 0 - margin.left) | |
| .attr("x",0 - (height / 2)) | |
| .attr("dy", "1em") | |
| .style("text-anchor", "middle") | |
| .text("Mozzarella cheese consumption (lbs)") | |
| .attr('fill', 'red'); | |
| svg.append("text") | |
| .attr("transform", "rotate(-90)") | |
| .attr("y", width + 20) | |
| .attr("x",0 - (height / 2)) | |
| .attr("dy", "1em") | |
| .style("text-anchor", "middle") | |
| .text("Civil Engineering Doctorates"); | |
| } | |
| </script> |
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