Dessalines@lemmy.ml to Data Is Beautiful@lemmy.ml · 21 days agoWorld Incarceration Rates If Every U.S. State Were A Country (No other country even makes the first page)lemmy.mlimagemessage-square40fedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up14arrow-down1imageWorld Incarceration Rates If Every U.S. State Were A Country (No other country even makes the first page)lemmy.mlDessalines@lemmy.ml to Data Is Beautiful@lemmy.ml · 21 days agomessage-square40fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareCoreidan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-221 days agoI don’t get this graph. So all of US has a smaller incarceration rate than just Louisiana? What?
minus-squarepyre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-221 days agoi have 4 boxes labeled A to D, and 10 rocks. i put 1 rock in A, 2 in B, 3 in C and 4 in D. A[⚪] B[⚪⚪] C[⚪⚪⚪] D[⚪⚪⚪⚪] i then paint 1 rock in B, 2 rocks in C and 1 rock in D. A[⚪] B[⚪🔴] C[⚪🔴🔴] D[⚪⚪⚪🔴] then i put the boxes in a bigger box called the united boxes. here’s the rate of painted rocks: C 66% (2/3) B 50% (1/2) United boxes 40% (4/10) D 25% (1/4) A 0% (0/1)
minus-squareDessalines@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·21 days agoYes, look up what per capita means.
I don’t get this graph. So all of US has a smaller incarceration rate than just Louisiana? What?
i have 4 boxes labeled A to D, and 10 rocks.
i put 1 rock in A, 2 in B, 3 in C and 4 in D.
i then paint 1 rock in B, 2 rocks in C and 1 rock in D.
then i put the boxes in a bigger box called the united boxes.
here’s the rate of painted rocks:
Yes, look up what per capita means.