1. 13:06 24th Aug 2010

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    reblogged from: journo-geekery

    2105:

Different pictures of unemployment on Junk Charts:
Maps are over-used objects. We see the biggest circles always in California, along the Eastern seaboard and in the lake region. This is true pretty much 90% of the time. What we are seeing is the distribution of population across the U.S. What we are not seeing is how job losses affect different regions on the right scale. The bubbles in California are almost always larger than those in the Midwest because there are more people in California.
Instead, they offer up Calculated Risk’s chart, with longer time-frame:
Then they counter with a boxplot, which is truly interesting:

I think I’m developing a crush on 2105. Yum, data. You should follow her.

    2105:

    Different pictures of unemployment on Junk Charts:

    Maps are over-used objects. We see the biggest circles always in California, along the Eastern seaboard and in the lake region. This is true pretty much 90% of the time. What we are seeing is the distribution of population across the U.S. What we are not seeing is how job losses affect different regions on the right scale. The bubbles in California are almost always larger than those in the Midwest because there are more people in California.

    Instead, they offer up Calculated Risk’s chart, with longer time-frame:

    Then they counter with a boxplot, which is truly interesting:

    I think I’m developing a crush on 2105. Yum, data. You should follow her.

     
    1. tiffehr said: Thank you! I’d heart your reblog of my post but it applies the heart to my own post, which seems self-serving rather than appreciative.
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    3. caterpillarcowboy reblogged this from journo-geekery and added:
      I think I’m developing a crush on 2105. Yum, data. You should follow her.
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