More hiring, because more quitting

May 31, 2023

Statistical Visualization / hiring, Washington Post, work

This is a good example of things are not quite what they seem until you look at more data. Andrew Van Dam, for Washington Post’s Department of Data, looks into why it appears red states hire more than blue states.

This is what you get when you add up all the days the average American adult spends sleeping, eating, commuting, and doing other activities.

When Americans had sex, moved in with someone, and so on. Often not average. Far from normal.

These are the states that eat dinner the earliest and latest, along with everyone else in between.

After seeing a 1950s physical visualization, I wondered if I could follow a similar process using modern techniques.