September 19, 2012

Colour choices matter

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In the map below(via), of extrapolated obesity rates in the US in 2030, one state stands out

Does Colorado have the highest predicted rate? No, that’s down in the South-East. The lowest rate? Again, no, that’s further west. Colorado is just the pinkest state, because of infelicitous colour choices.

 

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Thomas Lumley (@tslumley) is Professor of Biostatistics at the University of Auckland. His research interests include semiparametric models, survey sampling, statistical computing, foundations of statistics, and whatever methodological problems his medical collaborators come up with. He also blogs at Biased and Inefficient See all posts by Thomas Lumley »

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