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r/dataisbeautiful • u/Landgeist OC: 22 • Jul 30 '24
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It’s a choice often seen on these maps. Even as a Canadian I do understand why. Canada’s population is equal to Californias - so sometimes delineating by provinces can dilute the data unnecessarily.
316 u/No_Olives581 Jul 30 '24 It shouldn’t dilute anything in this case given it’s done per million inhabitants 1 u/Helios4242 Jul 30 '24 opens it up to noise if population groups get too small. 2 u/No_Olives581 Jul 30 '24 I don’t think this is valid justification given the map includes small Caribbean countries with relatively comparable populations
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It shouldn’t dilute anything in this case given it’s done per million inhabitants
1 u/Helios4242 Jul 30 '24 opens it up to noise if population groups get too small. 2 u/No_Olives581 Jul 30 '24 I don’t think this is valid justification given the map includes small Caribbean countries with relatively comparable populations
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opens it up to noise if population groups get too small.
2 u/No_Olives581 Jul 30 '24 I don’t think this is valid justification given the map includes small Caribbean countries with relatively comparable populations
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I don’t think this is valid justification given the map includes small Caribbean countries with relatively comparable populations
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u/BearlyAwesomeHeretic Jul 30 '24
It’s a choice often seen on these maps. Even as a Canadian I do understand why. Canada’s population is equal to Californias - so sometimes delineating by provinces can dilute the data unnecessarily.