• KoboldCoterie@pawb.social
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      27 天前

      Given the percent of the map that falls in the 0-50 range, there’s really no reason for it to be 5 (or 10) colors. Conversely, the 90-100 range accounts for a very large amount of the map, and being able to differentiate it is valuable.

      This isn’t like a graph where the scale changes in the middle to obfuscate the data; it’s making the map more readable and providing more information, it just requires the user to actually be literate.

      • Steve@communick.news
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        27 天前

        I’m not trying to say anything against the map makers.
        More pointing out how consistent the spread is. The vast majority of places have very similar values, between 80 and 95%.

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      They’re not listed in the top counties list in the corner, so I suspect No Data Available became 0% when coloring in. Otherwise, maybe most people live on the ranch they work at?

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        26 天前

        One would think we’d see that in other farm regions like gestures broadly to the middle of the country

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          Statistical anomoly based on who responded to the survey and how they interpreted the question? I mean, it isn’t like we are going to assume these places are secretly hiding the solution to throwing off the yoke of auto-dependency