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Then maybe you don’t really need the numbers.
Absolutely there’s a need for the bars: it’s much easier to see the relative size of the differences between numbers represented as bars than solely as numbers in a table. The example at storytellingwithdata.com/blo… illustrates the difference well:
ALT A table showing which tech companies people rated as their dream company to work for. There are three columns, including each company name and the percentage of people who said each company was their dream company to work for. It’s hard to see patterns in the data without reading all the percentages individually.
ALT A bar chart showing what proportion of survey respondents said different tech companies were their dream company to work for. It’s easy to see that Google was much more popular than any other company, followed by Apple. After that, lots of companies had relatively similar levels of popularity.
Once you’ve added the numbers, is there really any need for the bars? It’s just a table with some decoration.
I dunno. Aren’t LPs the customers for VCs?
This would be a bonanza for estimating the returns to schooling.
Seems like the authors of the measure didn’t understand marginal tax rates, which exceeded 100% between 4-4.2M and 10-10.15M.
Proponents of the L.A. "mansion tax" hoped it would generate $900 million a year. In the first two months since it was implemented, it generated $15.5 million.
washingtonpost.com/business/…
538 is alive (and better)!
538 has upgraded polling averages!
All of our models, including for the 2024 GOP primary, Biden & Harris job approval, and many candidates’ favorability ratings, update automatically on the polls page: projects.fivethirtyeight.com…
And here’s our methodology: fivethirtyeight.com/methodol…
Hey Tim, are you saying Republicans have turned the House into a faculty senate instead of a serious legislature? The debt ceiling debate was pretty good, but I’m eagerly awaiting the impeachment vote.
House Democrats act more like college, ethnic-studies students than serious lawmakers.
youtube.com/watch?v=IBLiJDHT…
Can’t you respond directly using the chip Bill Gates implanted in your brain?
This is a non answer. I challenged you publicly because you publicly quote tweeted and agreed with that dogshit vice article. If you’re really serious about what you stand for, you now have a massive opportunity for a debate that will reach the largest audience a discussion like this has ever had. If you think someone else is better qualified, suggest that person.
My favorite is from Gayle’s Bakery in Capitola. beingerma.blogspot.com/2011/…
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Well worth reading for those unhappy with the current state of affairs here
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Are speculators driving up oil prices? Should we raise energy prices to slow global warming?
New work compares answers from economic experts and the public, by William Nordhaus & @doug_rivers: cowles.yale.edu/research/cfd…
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Are speculators driving up oil prices? Should we raise energy prices to slow global warming? The present study takes a small number of such questions and compares the views of economic experts with those of the public. (William D. Nordhaus & @doug_rivers) opiniontoday.com/2023/05/07/…
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Which issues do Americans think the national media gives too much and not enough attention to? (@taylor_orth @CarlBialik @yougovamerica) More: opiniontoday.substack.com/p/…
Very informative thread.
I wrote about The Algorithm: using Musk's metrics in ship decisions, what the Republican/Democrat code means for democracy, how Twitter's API $ increase undermines transparency efforts, & on the tech bros claiming to analyze it 'so you can go viral.'
solomonmg.github.io/post/twi…
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YouGov presented Americans with eight policies DeSantis has advocated. Only one was viewed positively overall. Only six were viewed positively by DeSantis supporters.
After hearing the policies, support for him from primary supporters actually dropped. washingtonpost.com/politics/…
