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[deleted] t1_iv12lqm wrote

Reply to comment by terrykrohe in [OC] best-fit lines, correlations: incarceration vs diversity* – 2020 election by terrykrohe

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terrykrohe OP t1_iv1m3u5 wrote

... they aren't: it is the Dem state avg which is twice the Rep state avg

... actual %s for VT, NH, TX, FL: 26, 31, 29, 27

It i interesting that those northern Dem states (VT, NH) have 'same' % diversity* as the southern Rep states (TX, FL), eh?

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[deleted] t1_iv1q6y2 wrote

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terrykrohe OP t1_iv1vqwx wrote

... see the definition in the "top comment" ("sources")

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[deleted] t1_iv23wiv wrote

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terrykrohe OP t1_iv26yb2 wrote

sources copied from "top comment" and re-reported here:

sources
– incarceration
https://www.sentencingproject.org/the-facts/#map
diversity*
– diversity* = Catholic% + Jewish% + Muslim% + Asian%
– Catholic, Jewish, Muslim populations: https://www.pewforum.org/religious-landscape-study/compare/religious-tradition/by/state/
– Asian population: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Asian_Americans
tool: Mathematica

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– the ellipses are centered on the Rep/Dem means;
the standard deviations are represented by the ellipses' axes
– the 50 plot points represent the (diversity^*, incarceration) coordinates for each state; and are colored according to their 2020 Electoral College vote
– "r" is the Pearson correlation value

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