Qaziquza1 t1_j7xqzm6 wrote on February 10, 2023 at 3:40 AM

Reply to comment by goodluckonyourexams in [OC] Rapid rise in Indian students going abroad by MePiyush

Well, that is a common practice, albeit an annoying one.

goodluckonyourexams t1_j7xr8fi wrote on February 10, 2023 at 3:43 AM

I've never looked at a data but I would've thought that that unit is used that the audience is familiar with.

Qaziquza1 t1_j7xrjlq wrote on February 10, 2023 at 3:45 AM

Well, I suppose the target audience hereof is Indians; ipso facto, it makes sense to use lakhs. Additionally, I'd argue most people are familiar enough with lakhs. I'm American, never been to India, and still am aware of them.

TheShreester t1_j8kum4p wrote on February 15, 2023 at 1:15 AM

Regardless, if they're going to use "local" units they should make it clear what these are. Adding a key explaining that 1 lakh = 100,000 is all that's required. I appreciate this particular graph was probably produced for domestic use only, but the WWW means that once online, data can travel around the world.

Qaziquza1 t1_j8pxigo wrote on February 16, 2023 at 2:35 AM

No doubt a key could be helpful, yes.