As a mathematics student I found this visualization funny. I wanted to implement it.
It is extracted from the book Information is Beautiful.
data: MIT/Wellesley College magazine, Counterpoint (2001)
<!DOCTYPE html>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<style>
body {
font: 10px sans-serif;
}
.x.axis path {
display: none;
}
.x.axis text {
fill: #474747;
font-size: 15px;
}
.y.axis {
display: none;
}
</style>
<body>
<script src="https://d3js.org/d3.v3.min.js"></script>
<script>
var margin = {top: 70, right: 20, bottom: 30, left: 20},
width = 400 - margin.left - margin.right,
height = 800 - margin.top - margin.bottom;
var percentFormat = d3.format("%");
var x = d3.scale.linear()
.rangeRound([0, width]);
var y = d3.scale.ordinal()
.rangeRoundBands([0, height], .3);
var xAxisTop = d3.svg.axis()
.scale(x)
.tickValues([0,0.5,1])
.tickFormat(percentFormat)
.orient("top");
var xAxisBottom = d3.svg.axis()
.scale(x)
.tickValues([0,0.5,1])
.tickFormat(percentFormat)
.orient("bottom");
var yAxis = d3.svg.axis()
.scale(y)
.ticks(1)
.orient("left");
var color = d3.scale.ordinal()
.range(["#8dd3c7","#bebada","#fb8072","#80b1d3","#fdb462","#b3de69","#b3b3b3","#bc80bd","#e5c494"]);
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 + ")");
d3.csv("data.csv", function(error, data) {
x.domain([0,1]);
y.domain(data.map(function(d) { return d.subject; }));
var bar = svg.selectAll(".bar")
.data(data)
.enter().append("g");
bar.append("rect")
.attr("x", function(d) { return x(0); })
.attr("y", function(d) { return y(d.subject); })
.attr("width", function(d) { return x(+d.percent); })
.attr("height", y.rangeBand())
.style("fill",function(d) { return color(d.subject); });
bar.append("text")
.attr("x", x(0.01))
.attr("y", function(d) { return y(d.subject) + y.rangeBand()/2 + 3; })
.style("fill", function(d,i) { return i === 0 ? "#474747" : "#fff"; })
.text(function(d) { return d.subject; });
svg.append("g")
.attr("class", "x axis")
.call(xAxisTop)
.append("text")
.attr("y", -40)
.attr("x", -10)
.style("text-anchor", "begin")
.style('font-weight','bold')
.text("% virgin student by university subject");
svg.append("g")
.attr("class", "x axis")
.attr("transform", "translate(0," + height + ")")
.call(xAxisBottom);
svg.append("g")
.attr("class", "y axis")
.call(yAxis);
});
d3.select(self.frameElement).style("height", height + margin.top + margin.bottom + "px");
</script>
subject,percent
Studio Art,0
Anthropology,0.20
Neuroscience,0.25
Art History,0.37
Computer Science,0.40
Spanish,0.43
English,0.50
French,0.50
Philosophy,0.57
History,0.62
Economics,0.65
Undecided,0.68
Psychology,0.70
International relations,0.71
Biology,0.72
Political Science,0.73
Biochemistry,0.83
Mathematics,0.83