Comments on: Poverty Statistics that Make Sense – Welcome to Povertyville and Slumtown http://flowingdata.com/2008/04/25/poverty-statistics-that-make-sense-welcome-to-povertyville-and-slumtown/ Strength in Numbers Sat, 20 Mar 2010 12:31:02 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: stacy http://flowingdata.com/2008/04/25/poverty-statistics-that-make-sense-welcome-to-povertyville-and-slumtown/#comment-3545 stacy Sun, 27 Apr 2008 21:05:40 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/2008/04/25/poverty-statistics-that-make-sense-welcome-to-povertyville-and-slumtown/#comment-3545 The roller coaster is pretty cool--I would have liked it if the years were indicated somewhere, but otherwise great. The roller coaster is pretty cool–I would have liked it if the years were indicated somewhere, but otherwise great.

]]> By: andrea http://flowingdata.com/2008/04/25/poverty-statistics-that-make-sense-welcome-to-povertyville-and-slumtown/#comment-3531 andrea Sun, 27 Apr 2008 01:11:53 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/2008/04/25/poverty-statistics-that-make-sense-welcome-to-povertyville-and-slumtown/#comment-3531 laugh, and cry? is that an option? if we disregard the truthfulness of the underlying data (as gappy refers to), I sort of appreciate how the distance between Povertyville and un-named-top-level is represented here (but not anything else about the video!). it seems quite easy to grasp the difference in socio-economic groups. laugh, and cry? is that an option?

if we disregard the truthfulness of the underlying data (as gappy refers to), I sort of appreciate how the distance between Povertyville and un-named-top-level is represented here (but not anything else about the video!).

it seems quite easy to grasp the difference in socio-economic groups.

]]> By: gappy http://flowingdata.com/2008/04/25/poverty-statistics-that-make-sense-welcome-to-povertyville-and-slumtown/#comment-3513 gappy Fri, 25 Apr 2008 21:25:06 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/2008/04/25/poverty-statistics-that-make-sense-welcome-to-povertyville-and-slumtown/#comment-3513 I think this is not so informative for two reasons. First, it is not clear what the data represent. Are these incomes in dollars as of date x (and exchange rate y)? Nominal or PPP-adjusted (I suspect nominal--differences would be less pronounced with PPP-adjusted data). Second objection: mixing a cardinal datum (#of people in the village) with many qualitative data (a slum at the bottom, a burgeois home) simplifies the information and conveys more the world vision of the chart creator than the message contained in these data. Not quite lying with statistics, but almost. I think this is not so informative for two reasons. First, it is not clear what the data represent. Are these incomes in dollars as of date x (and exchange rate y)? Nominal or PPP-adjusted (I suspect nominal–differences would be less pronounced with PPP-adjusted data). Second objection: mixing a cardinal datum (#of people in the village) with many qualitative data (a slum at the bottom, a burgeois home) simplifies the information and conveys more the world vision of the chart creator than the message contained in these data.

Not quite lying with statistics, but almost.

]]> By: Jorge Camoes http://flowingdata.com/2008/04/25/poverty-statistics-that-make-sense-welcome-to-povertyville-and-slumtown/#comment-3504 Jorge Camoes Fri, 25 Apr 2008 10:05:58 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/2008/04/25/poverty-statistics-that-make-sense-welcome-to-povertyville-and-slumtown/#comment-3504 Nathan, you could add Gapminder's Dollar Street. It's a similar idea, but much more interesting, Didn't check but some time ago it was available for download. Nathan, you could add Gapminder’s Dollar Street. It’s a similar idea, but much more interesting, Didn’t check but some time ago it was available for download.

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