Thoughts and Ideas

CEO-to-Worker Compensation Ratio Rising
Challenges, Data Visualization, Makeover Monday, Tableau Yvonne Beirne FitzGerald Challenges, Data Visualization, Makeover Monday, Tableau Yvonne Beirne FitzGerald

CEO-to-Worker Compensation Ratio Rising

Evaluating Chief Executive Officers (CEO) of 350 of the largest US firms shows that CEO compensation has grown exponentially. In contrast, the average workers' earnings have not increased at the same rate. The report from the Economic Policy Institute indicates that the rate of increase is not due to increased skill but the CEO's ability to set their pay rates.

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Participation of Women in The Olympics Over Time
Challenges, Data Visualization, Makeover Monday, Tableau Yvonne Beirne FitzGerald Challenges, Data Visualization, Makeover Monday, Tableau Yvonne Beirne FitzGerald

Participation of Women in The Olympics Over Time

Makeover Monday 2021 Week 10 challenge uses data from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) about Women's Participation in The Olympics Over Time. The was selected since that Monday was International Women's Day. The data source is from IOC; the original challenge viz is from an article on swimswam.com. I created line charts that show the number of participants and events for both the Winter and Summer Olympics have been getting closer to 50%. One fantastic fact discovered is the Winter Olympics Events in 2018 were 52% women.

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