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Frogmarsh t1_j27e131 wrote

Reply to comment by terrykrohe in [OC] best-fit lines, correlations: missing persons vs 'rural-urban' – 2020 election by terrykrohe

Why would one think missing persons are random?

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terrykrohe OP t1_j27gjbq wrote

... the missing persons data for the fifty states shows random character: the t-test value of 0.96 indicates that the means of the Rep and Dem states can be attributed to random fluctuations

... when this data is compared with data for GDP, suicide, life expectancy, etc (see post 14Apr), the contrast is impressive; and the wonder of it all is "why is there a Rep and Dem difference in the data?" (note: Rep states are always on the negative side of the comparison: less GDP, more obese, more infant mortality, etc)

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Frogmarsh t1_j27hgt0 wrote

Your t-tests show there is only a Rep-Dem difference with respect to rural-urban, but not missing persons. Is that the point you’re trying to highlight?

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terrykrohe OP t1_j27j6ge wrote

... the t-test (0.96) quantifies only the missing persons Rep and Dem data

... there is no t-test reported for the 'rural-urban' metric: it would be very small because the means are very different)

... the point is that missing persons data is very different in character than the data of other metrics (e.g. 'rural-urban' is shown here, but GDP and others were posted previously would be similar to 'real-urban')

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Frogmarsh t1_j27jrzf wrote

What is the upper right plot?

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terrykrohe OP t1_j27z5ou wrote

... the upper right plot shows the 'rural-urban' values of the fifty states, ranked from more rural to more urban. This uses a definition described in the "sources" comment below.

... the bottom plot relates the top two plots: for each state its ('rural-urban', missing persons) coordinate is plotted. Is there a relationship? Do more missing persons come rural or urban states? The plot indicates that there is little (essentially none) relationship: tell me a state's 'rural-urban' value and I cannot tell you anything about that state's missing persons.

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Frogmarsh t1_j29my6n wrote

So, those upper plots do not accompany a t-test?

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terrykrohe OP t1_j2a47t4 wrote

from "sources" comment below:

Missing persons and 'rural-urban' metrics: note that missing persons t-test indicates that data fluctuations are probably "random" in character. (t-test = 0.96)
The large difference of 'rural-urban' means (> 1 SD) for Rep and Dem states indicate that Rep and Dem states are different Sample populations. (un-reported t-test = 0.000126)

more about the t-test:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Student%27s_t-test

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Frogmarsh t1_j2acvs7 wrote

I’m guessing English isn’t your first language.

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