Data Commons Announces  Comprehensive Update to Charts Across Platform

From a Data Commons Blog Post:

For any meaningful data analysis, context is everything. A consistent theme in the feedback from our user community has been the need for greater clarity around a chart’s source, scope, and methodology. We agree that without this crucial context, building trust and deriving deep insights can be a significant challenge.

To address this directly, we are announcing a comprehensive update to our charts across our platform, designed to empower more confident analysis by providing an improved level of transparency and control.

Transparency about the data

The first step toward greater clarity is our new comprehensive “About this data” dialog. Now available on every chart, it provides an at-a-glance summary of the crucial information behind the data points. You will be able to see on each chart an “About this data” link, that will bring a dialog with the following information:

• Source: The specific organization or publication the data originates from
• Topic: The broader category the data belongs to
• Data range: The time period covered by the dataset.
• Observation period: The frequency of the data points (e.g., yearly, quarterly).
• Measuring method: The specific methodology and notes  used to put together the data

The continues to discuss additional updated features:

• More control: See and select from multiple datasets and facets
• An integrated workflow: Download data and access API Calls

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