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ProlapsedMasshole t1_iqweu20 wrote

Reply to comment by Lerichard52 in New Hampshire has the most licensed drivers per capita in the US by WhiteyKC

If only there was some source for that info...

From the article:

> How is it possible to have more than 1,000 drivers per 1,000 driving-age individuals? The Federal Highway Administration doesn’t make that clear but we suspect it has to do with data sets that do not perfectly overlap.

So it sounds like this data is indeed shit.

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SheeEttin t1_iqwiuw9 wrote

The graphic is shit too. It's sorted by total drivers per thousand, but the bars aren't centered so you can't compare them.

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Darwins_Dog t1_iqy3gch wrote

I've seen this type of graph before (but done well) and it works for what they want to show. It needs a central axis and more distinct colors. The bars are centered for the total population, so the line separating male and female shows how much it goes to one side or the other. Without the axis and having such close colors it doesn't work.

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Darwins_Dog t1_iqy28kn wrote

That would be my guess. It's probably two different sources, which means you can't just do X/Y and call it good.

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