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goodluckonyourexams t1_j7xr8fi wrote

Reply to comment by Qaziquza1 in [OC] Rapid rise in Indian students going abroad by MePiyush

I've never looked at a data but I would've thought that that unit is used that the audience is familiar with.

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Qaziquza1 t1_j7xrjlq wrote

Well, I suppose the target audience hereof is Indians; ipso facto, it makes sense to use lakhs. Additionally, I'd argue most people are familiar enough with lakhs. I'm American, never been to India, and still am aware of them.

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TheShreester t1_j8kum4p wrote

Regardless, if they're going to use "local" units they should make it clear what these are. Adding a key explaining that 1 lakh = 100,000 is all that's required. I appreciate this particular graph was probably produced for domestic use only, but the WWW means that once online, data can travel around the world.

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